2. Adjective. (Cockney rhyming slang) Cold. ¹
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Definition of Taters
1. tater [n] - See also: tater
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taters
Literary usage of Taters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of by John Davenport (1869)
"That the word " taters" is a corruption of, and vulgarism for, "testes" we see
very readily in the expression "strain my taters "—ie, to pass urine or ..."
2. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1875)
"From Frederick Larsen the remarkable fact was learned that the taters have ...
Of the real religion of the taters nothing whatever seems to have been known ..."
3. The Cookbook for Men Whose Wives Don't Cook by Christopher Hamilton (2006)
"Jl. Time: l/2 hour to 45 minutes taters These barbequed taters are a lot like
hash browns. You can season them to your own tastes and create all sorts of ..."
4. Pieces People Ask For, Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and Dramatic edited by George Melville Baker (1908)
"taters. (WITH A CHORUS.) OF all the wonderful works of Nater, What surprises me
most, she can make a later/ She gathers the stuff to produce a skin, ..."
5. The Sunday at Home by Religious Tract Society, Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"And we don't mind, do we taters, not as long as the snow won't come ; when it
does we must find a cellar, or archway, or something of that, I reckon. ..."
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