home fries
plural noun
sliced, boiled potatoes, fried in butter or shortening.
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Origin of home fries
1First recorded in 1950–55
- Also called American fried potatoes, American fries, home fried potatoes .
- Also called (Chiefly Northeastern U.S.) pan-fried potatoes [pan-frahyd, -frahyd] /ˈpænˌfraɪd, -ˈfraɪd/ .
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How to use home fries in a sentence
Did you choose that movie just because you liked the way Drew Barrymore looked on the cover (cough, home fries)?
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