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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

"It's taken a little too long in my opinion," said Daniel Busby, 33, a fry cook at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino operated by Caesars, before the deal was reached.

From Reuters Nov. 9, 2023

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

At Stonewall Jackson High School, Riggleman played running back, wooed a girl named Christine Blair over Wendy’s burgers and worked as a fry cook, farmhand and roofer.

From Washington Post Sep. 24, 2018

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

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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