chip-shop en · NOUN
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of chip shop.
alt of chip shop
Pack your bags, take ’em outside and if Billy-Joe wakes up when you go for the keys, just tell him you wanted to go to the chip-shop because you couldn’t be bothered to cook tonight.
1996, Steve Harris, “Billy-Joe’s Demise”, in Black Rock, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 197:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chip-shops | Number=Plur | lexicographic |