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plural noun
sliced, boiled potatoes, fried in butter or shortening.
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Also called American fried potatoes, American fries, home fried potatoes . Also called (Chiefly Northeastern U.S.) pan-fried potatoes [pan-frahyd, -frahyd] /ˈpænˌfraɪd, -ˈfraɪd/ .
Origin of home fries
First recorded in 1950–55
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Did you choose that movie just because you liked the way Drew Barrymore looked on the cover (cough, Home Fries)?
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