"French-fried potato" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} French-fried potato
  1. singular of French-fried potatoes Tags: form-of, singular Form of: French-fried potatoes
    Sense id: en-French-fried_potato-en-noun-a3Xvi62U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "a. 1965, Shirley Jackson, “In Praise of Dinner Table Silence”, in Laurence Jackson Hyman, Sarah Hyman DeWitt, editors, Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings, Random House, published 2015, section IV (Somehow Things Haven’t Turned Out Quite the Way We Expected: Humor and Family), page 324",
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