French fries
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of French fries
First recorded in 1915–20
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“They’ll have the kind of strange, perfectly repeating patterns in the French fries or the bread often has far too much texture.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Those were the days he loved French fries, chips, hamburgers and anything fried.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The factory that AFP visited in Hunan province's Pingjiang turns out nearly 700 tonnes per day of the spongy, red-coloured strips, which look like squashed French fries covered in oil.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Add in some fried potatoes, like French fries and tater tots.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
When the new Jack’s fast-food restaurant opened near our home, we begged to go there to buy French fries.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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