strain the potatoes

English

Verb

strain the potatoes (third-person singular simple present strains the potatoes, present participle straining the potatoes, simple past and past participle strained the potatoes)

1. (Australia, slang) To urinate.
   • 2006, Norman Allen, The Besting of Humphrey Mercer, page 142:

     'Beryl love,' he whispered, 'listen out for me while I go and strain the potatoes. I'll piss meself if I don't.'

References

• Tony Thorne (2014) “strain the potatoes”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury