duchess potatoes

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plural noun

mashed potatoes mixed with cream, eggs, butter, and seasonings, piped onto a baking sheet or platter, sprinkled with grated cheese, and browned in the oven.

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Origin of duchess potatoes

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby duchess potatoes

Duchenne's dystrophy, duchess, duchesse, duchesse bed, duchesse brisée, duchess potatoes, duchy, duck, duck and drake, duckbill, duck-billed dinosaur

Example sentences from the Web for duchess potatoes

The documentary also follows the fortunes of Consuelo Yznaga, later Duchess of Manchester.
The Real-Life ‘Downton’ Millionairesses Who Changed Britain|Tim Teeman|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, that switch to potatoes occurred around the 19th Century.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mixing meat and dairy is a kosher rule-breaker, so they switched the cheese for potatoes.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He called her The Duchess, and if The Duchess didn't like something, then it was of no value.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Barclays Center where the Duke and Duchess will be seated would have stood in thick of where the pivotal action transpired.
The British Royals Reinvade Brooklyn: William and Kate Come Watch Basketball on Historic Battle Site|Justin Jones|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
We had new potatoes for dinner, boiled with their skins on, and Liszt threw one at me, and I caught it.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Potatoes also are extensively planted, and I never saw a more vigorous growth.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Aristide uncovered his head, as though he were about to address a duchess, and smiled at her engagingly.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
A view of the duchess's ball-room, or of the dining-table of the earl, will supersede all occasion for lengthy fiddle-faddle.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

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