Southern-fried

[ suhth-ern-frahyd ]

adjective

Cooking. coated with flour, egg, and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
(often lowercase)Slang. characteristic of or originating in the South: a vocabulary full of southern-fried expressions.

Origin of Southern-fried

First recorded in 1925–30

Words Nearby Southern-fried

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How to use Southern-fried in a sentence

One gets the impression of a Southern-fried, pretty-boy version of Max Bialystock.
John Edwards' Sugar Mama | Lloyd Grove | January 29, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Sometimes on Sunday I would go out to their house for a southern fried chicken dinner with pecan pie.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy Benson

British Dictionary definitions for Southern-fried

Southern-fried

/ (ˈsʌðənˌfraɪd) /

adjective

(of meats, esp chicken) dipped in a mixture of flour and breadcrumbs and deep-fried
Also: country-fried (of music) combined with or influenced by elements of country-and-western music

Also: country-fried derogatory characteristic of or pertaining to the Southeastern US, esp in culture, politics, or religion: Compare chicken-fried (def. 2)

Origin of Southern-fried

senses 2 and 3 from association with the cuisine of the Southern US

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