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fish and chips

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noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
fried fish fillets and French fries.
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Origin of fish and chips

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby fish and chips

Fischer-Tropsch process, Fischer von Erlach, fish, fishable, fish and brewis, fish and chips, fish-and-chip shop, fish-bellied, fishbolt, fishbone fern, fishbowl
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How to use fish and chips in a sentence

  • There had been the relict of a fish-and-chips salesman, and quite a number of others, equally alluring and disappointing.

    The Gay Adventure|Richard Bird

  • He had obviously supped nightly on stout and fish-and-chips.

    Nights in London|Thomas Burke

British Dictionary definitions for fish and chips

fish and chips
noun
fish fillets coated with batter and deep-fried, eaten with potato chips
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