Spuds

n.

Heard in Kilkenny, Donegal, Louth, Dublin and Kildare

Potatoes, the essential foundation of any traditional family dinner.

Get some more floury spuds on my plate before I perish of hunger!

Posh English

Kindly place some additional mealy potatoes upon my plate before I succumb to starvation!

Same phrase, other counties

• Donegal
• Louth
• Dublin
• Kildare

Related terms

• Hows ur ma 4 spudsA traditional greeting inquiring after one's family and household welfare.
• PoppiesPotatoes, especially boiled ones served with a family dinner.
• At home pickin spudsTruancy from school or work under the pretence of being elsewhere.
• Drain the spudsTo urinate, typically used by men.
• 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.