fish and chippy

plural fish and chippies

1. alternativeAlternative form of fish-and-chippy.

   Gargrave also has good pubs and a first-class fish and chippy.

   2015, Derek Pratt, Great Waterways Journeys: 20 Glorious Routes Circling England, by Canal and River, Adlard Coles Nautical, →ISBN, page 127

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   Britain’s best known fish and chippy with a lot more to offer, including Yorkshire pudding and onion gravy.

   2005, Annie Bullen, Brighton (City-Break Guides), Jarrold Publishing, →ISBN, pages 73–74

   He waved one hand toward the door. “Fish and chippy, or should we try the oyster bar?”

   2017, Kayla Drake, Daring Sarah (Windy City Weddings; 2), Four-Ply Publishing, →ISBN

   A fish and chippy stood near St Thomas’ Church with a Co-op and a post office shop. High Clarence also had a fish and chip shop and post office.

   2018, Janet Hodgson, Mission From Below: Growing a Kingdom Community, Durham: Sacristy Press, →ISBN, page 9

   […] I like my chips big and chunky from a proper fish and chippy; […]

   2020, Jenny Eclair, Older and Wider: A Survivor’s Guide to the Menopause, London: Quercus Editions Ltd, →ISBN

comparative more fish and chippy · superlative most fish and chippy

1. alternativeAlternative form of fish-and-chippy.

   The café beckons, or rather the smell of coffee does, but the fish and chippy perkiness of the place is too much.

   2010, Natasha Lester, What Is Left Over, After, Fremantle Press, →ISBN, page 49

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   It doesn’t have the typical taste of the ‘fish and chippy’ Lisbon lemon (Citrus limon ‘Lisbon’), as it is less acidic and more like a combination of orange and lemon.

   1995, Jane Edmanson, Jane Edmanson’s Favourite Plants, Lothian, →ISBN, page 67

   He was just getting into his second ‘Blam-a-dee-Blam’ when, wrong-sighted by being fifer-less, he stepped into a puddle of fish and chippy spew, slipped backwards, over-corrected and went forwards, to the point where Newton’s Law of Gravity took over, due to the weight of the Lambeg Drum, and he began a slow motion roll forward to the gate.

   2016, Seamus McNinch, The Conversion of Ignatius Moriarty, Xlibris, →ISBN