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fry cook

American  

noun

  1. a cook who mainly prepares fried foods, as at a lunch counter.


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In early 1980, I was a wannabe poet working as a fry cook in Long Beach ...

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2025

A number of restaurant chains have adopted the robotic fry cook, including Jack in the Box in San Diego, White Castle in the Midwest and CaliBurger on the West Coast, Bell said.

From Reuters Oct. 4, 2022

Previously, even a magnifying glass couldn’t capture those subtle plays-on-words and puns printed on the newspaper held by the fry cook.

From Washington Post Jun. 10, 2022

Fans have tapped into the old habits of a fry cook, air-frying anything they get hold of and hoping it works.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2022

“Eddie used to be fry cook at the San Carlos for a while.”

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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