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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, Fishberg concentration test, fishbolt, fishbone fern

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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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