potato
n.— «Fishman took what looked like a potato chair shot from Santos (right on the skull, with nothing intervening).» —“[AAA] Triple-A Report 10/5″ by west@uncavx.unca.edu Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling Oct. 5, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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