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Potato-bury (A)

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A pit or trench for preserving potatoes for winter use. A turnip-bury is a similar pit for turnips.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Pot
Pot-boilers
Pot-luck
Pot Paper
Pot-Pourri (French)
Pot Valiant
Pot-de Bière
Pot of Hospitality (The)
Potage (Jean)
Potato-bogle
Potato-bury (A)
Potato-talk. (German, Kartoffel gesprach.)
Poteen (pron. pu-teen)
Pother
Pothooks
Potiphar’s Wife
Pots
Potter
Potwallopers
Poult, a young turkey. Pullet
Pound