hash brown
noun1
A single piece of hash browns (finely chopped, fried potatoes); singular of hash browns.
- He plucked a hash brown from her chest and popped it in her mouth before slurping several more into his mouth.2010, Olivia Cunning, Backstage Pass: Sinners on Tour, Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN, page 175:
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A fried patty made from finely chopped, diced or riced bits of potato.
- A Florida middle school civics teacher who was arrested Saturday for misdemeanor battery denied she threw a hash brown at a McDonalds^([sic]) employee.2011 December 20, Alyssa Newcomb, “Civics Teacher Arrested in McDonald's Hash-Brown Smackdown”, in ABC News: