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noun
A simple meal of potatoes only, or very little else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, humorous, obsolete, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
History
* 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.
