chips with everything

noun

A basic restaurant menu, without much planning or style.

Meanings

nounchips with everything (uncountable)

alternative chips-with-everything

  1. UKattributivederogatoryuncountableusuallyA basic restaurant menu, without much planning or style.

    In the post-chips-with-everything world, here is a selection of what various companies have on the menu ....

    2009 April 22, Hattie Ellis, “Are you being served?”, in The Times, London, section T2, pp. 2-3
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    It was one of the first to lead the charge to wean Glaswegians away from their "chips-with-everything" habit.

    1997 May, The Rotarian, volume 170, number 5, page 24

    Mijas village has some excellent restaurants in among the 'chips with everything' establishments catering for the day trippers.

    2007, Andy Symington, 'Footprint Andalucía, page 253

    For almost a century, Long's has been serving misers, minions and millionaires its classic chips with everything fast food ....

    2008, Heidi McAlpin, Belfast In Your Pocket
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