potato-beetlen.1
/pəˈteɪtəʊˌbiːt(ə)l/, U.S. /pəˈteɪdoʊˌbid(ə)l/, Scottish English /pəˈtetoˌbit(ə)l/, Irish English /pəˈteːtoʊˌbiːt(ə)l/ Scottish and Irish English.
A wooden pestle for mashing potatoes.
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potato-beetle1821
potato masher1835
masher1849
potato-smasher1858
sugar-crusher1870
1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees viii. 223 A potatoe-beetle is not to be had within the four walls of London.
1850 C. E. Beecher Miss Beecher's Domest. Receipt-bk. (ed. 3) xxix. 257 In the table drawer..put these articles:..apple corer, potato beetle, meat hammer, butter spad, whetstone.
1874 ‘M. Harland’ Common Sense in Househ. (new ed.) 212 Drain thoroughly when done, sprinkle with salt, and mash them in the pot with a potato-beetle.
1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 217/2 Potato-beetle, a potato masher.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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