fish and chips

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1. pluralsingularA meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the Anglosphere, especially in coastal regions.

   Let's go to Sophie's by the sea; they have the most delicious fish and chips.

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   Fried Fish and Chips, two iron furnaces and chipping machine, low rent.

   1897 September 18, The Age, Melbourne, page 9, column 5

   “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

   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

   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

   Synonyms: fish and chippies