"Irish apricot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Irish apricots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Irish apricot (plural Irish apricots)
  1. (obsolete, slang) A potato. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-Irish_apricot-en-noun-oalm4Su2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Potatoes

Inflected forms

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