fish-and-chip shop
Britishnoun
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The study began June 2022 and involved companies in a variety of industries in Britain — online retailers, consultancies, hospitality, marketing, financial service providers, IT, animation studios and one local fish-and-chip shop.
From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2023
Dominic Clarke mans the counter at the fish-and-chip shop at The Galley in Lowestoft.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2020
According to the Daily Telegraph, her parents are thought to run a fish-and-chip shop.
From Washington Post • May 23, 2017
Ms. Hanson, a former fish-and-chip shop owner, first entered Parliament in the mid-1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2016
"This," he said, pointing at one landscape, "is when we came back from Holkham and we couldn't get fish and chips because there was a line going from the fish-and-chip shop to the car park."
From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2010
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