potatoed
n.— «If a wrestler is accidentally injured in a match due to a blow that was ill-timed, he was potatoed.» —“Cult songs, wrestling and deer, oh my” by John Kelso Austin American-Statesman (Texas) May 12, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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