potato
n.— «Flair received the injury after UW hit him with a potato shot in a match a couple weeks ago.» —“Re: WCW/WWF Happenings” by v058kchy@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Joseph Avolio) Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling Oct. 27, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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