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new potato

American  
[noo-puh-tay-toh] / ˈnu pəˈteɪ toʊ /

noun

new potatoes plural
  1. any of the first potatoes harvested in a season, typically small, delicately flavored, and having a thin skin.


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Early this year, Eddie scored a new potato digger.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2023

Recently, we made a new tool to help rapidly spot powdery scab disease in new potato varieties.

From Salon • May 31, 2023

Weiser was consistently enthusiastic, supporting his son’s efforts to try a new potato or melon variety.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2020

It’s like if Lay’s let everybody vote on a new potato chip flavor, and a month later they announced that the winner was fried liver and cilantro.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2018

"Talking of brotherhood, sir," he said dryly, "would you go so far as to say that a new potato is the brother of a bean?"

From Fraternity by Galsworthy, John

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