potato queen

potato queen
 n.— «Merely from my circle of friends, I reckon that about one in five, or one in ten English-speaking Singaporeans are sexually attracted to Caucasians. They are, in our parlance, “potato-queens.”» —“Rice and Potatoes” by Au Waipang Yawning Bread (Singapore) Dec., 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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