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taatie

nounfood

Common starchy vegetable, the potato tuber

the potato tuber; the common starchy vegetable used for boiling, baking, mashing, etc.

Example in use

Gie's a taatie.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/TAH-tee/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: potato

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