mushy peas

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   marrowfat peas that have been soaked overnight and then boiled; served with fish and chips

   Broaderside dish

Questions about mushy peas

What does mushy peas mean?

mushy peas means "marrowfat peas that have been soaked overnight and then boiled; served with fish and chips".

Is mushy peas a common word?

mushy peas is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.