cold potato n.1
(US) someone or something judged to be worthless, insignificant or boring.
America Revisited I 50: The chances are that his indignant hearers will vote him a ‘cold potato’ and ‘run him out’. | ||
Signor Lippo 84: Oh! I knows ’em all and can recon ’em up, from a shack stone to a cold ’tater. | ||
John Henry 78: If he had seen ‘David Harum’ first he would have made Billy Crane look like a plate of cold potatoes. | ||
TAD Lex. (1993) 28: (Trying to lose an awful pest before going on with the party) Cold potato. | in Zwilling||
Lang. Und. (1981) 116/1: cold biscuit or cold potato. An unappealing customer, or one who is difficult to arouse. | ‘Prostitutes and Criminal Argots’ in||
Poor Man’s Orange 14: Behind her glowing russet face, Dolour looked like a cold potato. |