fish-and-chippery

A form of fish and chippery — A chip shop.

Meanings

nounfish-and-chippery (plural fish-and-chipperies)

plural fish-and-chipperies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of fish and chippery.

    […] Triton with candelabra ablaze stalking across the plastic-polish floor of fish-and-chipperies; […]

    1972, Thea Astley, The Acolyte, Angus and Robertson, →ISBN, page 142
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    There are two fish-and-chipperies, one Chinese take-away, and Pete’s Eats, a café with permanently steamed-up windows where they serve good bacon sandwiches and pint mugs of strong tea.

    1988, Al Alvarez, “Llanberis”, in Feeding the Rat: A Climber’s Life on the Edge, Bloomsbury, published 2003, →ISBN, page 13

    The fish-and-chipperies, the souvenir shops and the penny arcades look forlorn and winter hopeless, two steps from abandonment.

    2006, Joe Bennett, Mustn’t Grumble: An Accidental Return to England, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 215
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