french fries

singular french fry

1. pluralplural normallyAlternative letter-case form of French fries.

   Levels of PFAS indicators in the 200s were found in a Sweetgreen paper bag for focaccia, additional items at Cava, and in bags for french fries, cookies and Chicken McNuggets at McDonald’s.

   2022 March 25, Sandee LaMotte, “Dangerous chemicals found in food wrappers at major fast-food restaurants and grocery chains, report says”, in CNN

singular French fry · alternative french fries

1. CanadaPhilippinesUSpluralplural normallyStrips of potato that have been deep-fried.First known use 1903

   Thick-cut, crispy French fries are our specialty.

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   “What's the matter?” she asked quickly. “Haven't we had all the things before? Soup, chops, peas, French fries, and the fruit pudding–there wasn't a thing new.”

   1903, Lillian Pettengill, Toilers of the Home, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, page 292

   His first official act was to order dinner. “A nice, juicy steak,” he is said to have called for, “French fries, apple pie and a cup of coffee.” It is probable that he really said “a coff of cuppee,” however, as he was a wag of the first water and loved a joke as well as the next king.

   1922, Robert C. Benchley, chapter XXII, in Love Conquers All, Henry Holt & Company, page 111

   Levels of PFAS indicators in the 200s were found in a Sweetgreen paper bag for focaccia, additional items at Cava, and in bags for french fries, cookies and Chicken McNuggets at McDonald’s.

   2022 March 25, Sandee LaMotte, “Dangerous chemicals found in food wrappers at major fast-food restaurants and grocery chains, report says”, in CNN

   Synonyms: fries, freedom fries, French-fried potatoes