fish and chippery en · NOUN
Etymology
From fish and chips + -ery.
Meanings
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(informal) A chip shop.
Derek smiled at her and said, 'That would have shut him up a bit. He thought that he was in a fish and chippery and there he was in an export factory.'
2014, Dennis J. McTaggart, Cold Gold II, page 112:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fish-and-chippery | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fish and chipperies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |