English Explanatory Dictionary

potatoes and point

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A simple meal of potatoes only, or very little else.

Word forms

potatoes and point

Etymology

* Relates to pointing with the finger (see 1880 citation), but sources differ: perhaps pointing to the empty space where the meat/fish would be. * Perhaps from point as the punctuation mark (period/full stop) marking termination.

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