potato
n.— «Funk, who estimates he wrestled him 15 times, said Andre could hurt you without trying. Wrestlers were grateful that The Giant was graceful enough to land very few accidental “potato” punches.» —“Requiem For A Giant: There Was No One Bigger In Wrestling Than Andre Rousimoff” by Chris Dufresne Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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