Drain the spuds

exp.

Heard in Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary and Kilkenny

A colloquial euphemism for the act of urinating.

I am just goin to drain the spuds, I will be back in a jiffy.

Posh English

I am merely going to relieve my bladder, I shall return in but a moment.

Same phrase, other counties

• Tipperary
• Cork
• Kilkenny

Related terms

• Drain the main veinTo urinate (said of males).
• Drain the poppiesTo urinate.
• At home pickin spudsTruancy from school or work under the pretence of being elsewhere.
• He's a head on him like a bag a spudsA humorous description of an extremely unattractive person.
• Head on ya like a bag of spudsUgly.
• How's your mother for spuds?A cheeky or coded way of asking if there is anything one might do to be of service.