"taters" meaning in English

See taters in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more taters [comparative], most taters [superlative]
Etymology: Shortened from taters in the mould. Etymology templates: {{m|en|taters in the mould}} taters in the mould Head templates: {{en-adj}} taters (comparative more taters, superlative most taters)
  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Cold. Tags: Cockney, slang
    Sense id: en-taters-en-adj-LaQ0vmOQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Etymology: See tater Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} taters
  1. plural of tater Tags: form-of, plural Form of: tater Categories (topical): Temperature
    Sense id: en-taters-en-noun-nzwRdLmY Disambiguation of Temperature: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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