Southern-fried
Americanadjective
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Cooking. coated with flour, egg, and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat.
Southern-fried chicken.
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(often lowercase) characteristic of or originating in the South.
a vocabulary full of southern-fried expressions.
adjective
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(of meats, esp chicken) dipped in a mixture of flour and breadcrumbs and deep-fried
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Also: country-fried. (of music) combined with or influenced by elements of country-and-western music
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Also: country-fried. derogatory characteristic of or pertaining to the Southeastern US, esp in culture, politics, or religion Compare chicken-fried
Etymology
Origin of Southern-fried
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Wilson grew up on a farm in rural Baskin, Louisiana, where her family taught her life lessons about hard work and treating people right, along with plenty of Southern-fried sayings.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
Southern-fried Chargers: Salyer is the third player the Chargers have drafted out of Georgia over the last two years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
Mr. Beatty later told People magazine he was grateful simply for a chance to play a tough-minded businessman after a run of Southern-fried “schnooks.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2021
While nurses are braving the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, writer/director Brea Grant's Southern-fried black comedy "12 Hour Shift" shows nurses behaving badly.
From Salon ● May 6, 2020
There are satisfying arena-ready rockers like “Greatest Show on Earth,” ”American Rock ‘n Roll” and “Stand the Pain” along with proud Southern-fried tunes like “Tennessee Mountain Top” and the playful, bluesy “Raining Whiskey.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2017
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