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• (British) a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot

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• In cookery, a dish consisting of small chops of mutton, seasoned with pepper and salt, and stewed in a deep dish between layers of sliced potatoes. "The Colonel himself was great at making hash mutton, hot-pot, curry and pillau."-Thackeray.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons