chili cheese fries

[chil-ee chiz frahyz]

plural noun

Informal.

1. a dish of French fries that have been topped with chili and cheese, usually American or cheddar, and baked or otherwise heated until the cheese is melted.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chili cheese fries¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Though the Country Kitchen employees had to stay home with no pay for months, they are back now, serving chili cheese fries, omelets and buffalo burgers.

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And the chili cheese fries, which are apparently a must in this makeshift world.

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“This has just got to be the chili cheese fries and the cake and the five cocktails and maybe the half gummy I ate.”

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Keith Stonehouse said he was alone with his son while his wife was at the movies when Mason ordered jumbo shrimp, salads, shawarma and chicken pita sandwiches, chili cheese fries and other foods that one Grubhub driver after another delivered to their Chesterfield Township home.

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Chili cheese fries in the cafeteria were my salvation.

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