"bangers and mash" meaning in English

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Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bangers and mash (uncountable)
  1. (British, New Zealand, informal) A meal of sausages and mashed potato, usually with onions and gravy added. Tags: British, New-Zealand, informal, uncountable Synonyms: zeppelins in a cloud [slang] Translations (meal of sausages and mashed potato, usually with onions and gravy added): makkarat muusilla (Finnish), salsicce e purè [feminine, plural] (Italian), salchichas con puré [feminine, plural] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bangers_and_mash-en-noun-j9210k74 Categories (other): British English, New Zealand English Disambiguation of 'meal of sausages and mashed potato, usually with onions and gravy added': 87 13
  2. (British, slang) Human faeces combined with toilet paper. Tags: British, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bangers_and_mash-en-noun-v8d~r0ey Categories (other): British English, English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 77
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