potato famine

collocation in English

meaningsofpotatoandfamine

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potato
noun[C or U]
uk
/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/us
/pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊ/
a round vegetable that grows underground and has white flesh with light brown, red, or pink skin, or the plant on which ...
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famine
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfæm.ɪn/us
/ˈfæm.ɪn/
a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when ...
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(Definition ofpotatoandfaminefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thepotatofaminedid persuade the country to change policy and to abolish the corn laws, but we did it too late.
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I want to say a word about thepotatofamine.
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I did not say that the transfer of snowdrop lectin would have prevented thepotatofamine.
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Perhaps that would have the effect of combating thepotatofamine.
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Between 1845 and 1850, 1 million people died in thepotatofamine, and another 1 million emigrated.
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We did not do it until 1846, by which time thepotatofaminehad devastated the population.
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I am credibly informed that we are likely to be faced with something like apotatofaminein the coming winter.
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It is right to do so, because the catastrophe of thepotatofaminewas not simply a matter of adverse environmental conditions, although those certainly played a part.
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Apotatofamineall over the country.
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As well as becoming an agricultural adviser to neighbouring farmers, during thepotatofaminehe put his energies into providing work for his starving neighbours.
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This was particularly true during and after the greatpotatofamineof the 1840s.
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This project coincided with the beginning of thepotatofamineand farmers needed work to buy food.
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In the following two years her remaining fortune was destroyed in thepotatofamineas she attempted to alleviate its effects on her tenants.
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It had a population of 65 in 1841, but in 1848potatofamineforced the inhabitants to emigrate.
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Begun in 1832, the magnificent structure provided labor for the surrounding villagers during the terriblepotatofaminethat devastated the country during the mid-19th century.
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