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'mater

//ˈmeɪtɚ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Contraction of tomato. Appalachia, Southern-US, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal

    "'mater sandwich"

Etymology

Clipping of a dialectal pronunciation of tomato such as tomater (or the also-attested dialectal rendering termater) with intrusive rhotacism. Compare tater (“potato”) and 'naner (“banana”).

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