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fish and chips en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (plural, singular) A meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the Anglosphere, especially in coastal regions.
   • “Perfectly splendid,” Miss Flower burbled on. “And a perfect contrast to Doris, who’s so pale and thin.” / “Too many fish and chips and not enough proper vitamins,” said Mrs. Smethers. 1974, Pamela Sykes, Phoebe’s Family, Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson Inc., →ISBN, page 52:
   • Fried Fish and Chips, two iron furnaces and chipping machine, low rent. 1897 September 18, The Age, Melbourne, page 9, column 5:
   • Let's go to Sophie's by the sea; they have the most delicious fish and chips.
   • ‘You feeling hungry, Mike?’ Ah, back to normality! / ‘Oh yes. I’ll just have a fish and chips, Harry.’ / Two minutes later, he handed me the plate, and I retreated into my own private corner of the bar. The smell of warm potato chips and crumbed battered fish was welcoming, and it tasted nice as I washed it down with my third beer. 2014, Keith Greenwood, “Awakening”, in The Clueless Dead, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 34:
   • Co-owned by Ed Strojan and his step-father, Gary Coleman, who also has the English Gardener gift shop across the street, virtually everything here is made with an eye to authenticity, from the shortcakey scones with imported clotted cream to pastry-wrapped banger sausages, sides of mushy peas, Madras curry sauce, and, especially, those fish and chips. 2010 September 9, Craig LaBan, “GoodTaste”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 181st year, number 101, page F5:
   • Newspaper wrapping is old news; most fish and chips are now served wrapped in plain white paper. 2009, Food Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the Globe, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISBN, page 157:
   • Craig was feeling better and we ordered two fish and chips, only to be told that it would be at least an hour. 2013, Craig Stevenson, John Mackay, Inn Aff the Bar, East Kilbride: Cheapwayround Publishers, →ISBN, page 189:
   • I manage to swallow a few chips just to convince them I’m not going to die of malnutrition but it’s hard going, I can tell you. Though normally fish and chips is my favourite. 1984, Frances Thomas, chapter 22, in Zak (New Windmill Series), Oxford, Oxon: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, published 1988, →ISBN, page 117:
   • Jeez, Will, you’ve definitely had too much fish and chips. Or maybe it was all those potato chips. 1992, Gloria Hatrick, Masks, New York, N.Y.: Orchard Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 5:

Forms

Deriveds

fish-and-chipper · fish and chippery · yesterday's fish and chips · fish and chippie · fish and chippies · fish-and-chippy

Synonyms

fish and chippies

Translations (28)

vo fit e loetapötetüls (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · bg риба и пържени картофи (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · ru чи́псы (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · yue 炸魚薯條 /炸鱼薯条 (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · ko 피시 앤드 칩스 (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · fr fish 'n' chips (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · fr fish and chips (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · cy pysgodyn a sglodion (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · fa فیش اند چیپس (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · ja フィッシュ・アンド・チップス (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · de Fish and Chips (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · ru ры́ба с жа́реным карто́фелем (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · ar سَمَك وَبَطَاطِس مَقْلِيَّة (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · fi fish and chips (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · fi kalaperunat (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · it pesce e patatine (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · gd iasg agus tiops (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · ga iasc agus sceallóga (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · is djúpsteiktur fiskur med frönskum (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · de Bratfisch mit Pommes frites (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · ru ры́ба и чи́псы (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · cmn 炸魚薯條 /炸鱼薯条 (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · fo steikjafiskur og kips (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · pt peixe com batatas fritas (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · pl fish and chips (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · gd iasg agus sliseagan (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · fr poisson frit avec des frites (a meal of fried fish and potatoes) · fr poisson-frites (a meal of fried fish and potatoes)