small potato

collocation in English

meaningsofsmallandpotato

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small
adjective
uk
/smɔːl/us
/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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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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(Definition ofsmallandpotatofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I personally have always liked thesmallpotatorather than the big one.
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It is virtually certain that the abolition of the potato marketing scheme would force manysmallpotatogrowers in particular out of business.
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The distal part of the toe swells and appears like asmallpotato.
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The name spud for asmallpotatocomes from the digging of soil (or a hole) prior to the planting of potatoes.
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Besides, he's pursuing a noble calling: happiness is small potatoes by comparison.
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I do not think there is any virtue in excluding the small potatoes.
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Restrictions are in force regarding the sale of small potatoes of the old crop.
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It so happens that there are parts of the country which produce small potatoes.
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Scottish seed potatoes have maintained their position against the small potatoes for the ordinary farmer because of their superior merits.
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Every farmer will take up this large block of small potatoes which are now to be put up for consumption; but there has always been such a block.
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Fruits look much like small potatoes and are borne in clusters similar to grapes.
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These small potatoes are spread closely on flat ground, and allowed to freeze with low night temperatures, for approximately three nights.
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The incident which was also small potatoes, but very memorable personified the conflict between craft and industrial organizing.
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