CARROT
NOUNS
► FASH the tops of carrots, turnips, etc. → c1750 Eng. dial.
► GARRIT a carrot → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IRISH CHERRY a carrot → 1930s US sl.
► LONG SAUCE beets, carrots, and parsnips → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MEERAN ► MIRRAN a carrot → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MORMON CANDY carrots → 1939 Amer. dial.
► MORMON CURRENCY carrots → 1942 Amer. dial.
► TAPPIN ► TAUPIN the tap-root of a carrot, turnip, etc. → 1898 Sc.
VERBS
► FASH to cut off the tops of carrots, turnips, etc. → 1882 Eng. dial.
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