Hash-browns
plural noun
1.
crisp-fried potatoes made by dicing, chopping, or mashing boiled potatoes and browning them in hot fat or oil.
plural noun
1.
diced boiled potatoes mixed with chopped onion, shaped and fried until brown
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character “#”, ASCII character 35. Common names: number sign; pound; pound sign; hash; sharp; crunch; hex; INTERCAL: mesh. Rare: grid; crosshatch; octothorpe; flash; ITU-T: square, pig-pen; tictactoe; scratchmark; thud; thump; splat. The pronunciation of “#” as “pound” is common in the US but a bad idea; Commonwealth Hackish has its own, rather more apposite use […]
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