Southern-fried

[ suhth-ern-frahyd ]

adjective
  1. Cooking. coated with flour, egg, and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.

  2. (often lowercase)Slang. characteristic of or originating in the South: a vocabulary full of southern-fried expressions.

Origin of Southern-fried

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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British Dictionary definitions for Southern-fried

Southern-fried

/ (ˈsʌðənˌfraɪd) /


adjective
  1. (of meats, esp chicken) dipped in a mixture of flour and breadcrumbs and deep-fried

  2. Also: country-fried (of music) combined with or influenced by elements of country-and-western music

  1. Also: country-fried derogatory characteristic of or pertaining to the Southeastern US, esp in culture, politics, or religion: Compare chicken-fried (def. 2)

Origin of Southern-fried

1
senses 2 and 3 from association with the cuisine of the Southern US

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