prattie

English

Noun

prattie (plural pratties)

1. (dated, Ireland, slang) A potato.
   • Haul Away Joe (sea shanty; Andrew Draskóy's version)

     Once I was in Ireland / Digging turf and pratties / And now I'm on a Yankee ship / Hauling on sheets and braces.

   • 2009, Mary Pat Kelly, Galway Bay:

     He was dressed in his best suit, looking well, his face brown from working in his potato patch. He grows five different varieties, still experimenting, trying to find a prattie that would resist the blight.

Anagrams

• tearpit, partite, -partite, Pieratt