fish and chips

American  

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. fried fish fillets and French fries.

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fish and chips British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of fish and chips

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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fish and chips

"One thing we don't want to do is out-price fish and chips. It's a nostalgia, it's a romance, to come to the beach and have fish and chips, we definitely don't want to outprice."

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Rogue chip shops have been passing off catfish as "traditional fish and chips" to cut down on costs, the BBC has learned.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

He fears that customers "will stop buying so much fish and chips and they'll stop going out for meals so much".

From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026

Gemini then suggested The Ship Inn’s Thursday steak special or fish and chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Minutes later he was out through the door, on his way to work, but not before I had said to him: “Don’t forget our fish and chips, Papa.”

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane