Meanings
plural fishwiches
- A burger with a filling of breaded fish.
Fish fillets can be garnished with a lemon-yogurt sauce for a fishwich.
1986, Audrey Tittle Cross, Nutrition for the working woman, page 1332 more examples
More to the liking of students, the new menu includes hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fishwiches, pizza, donuts, French fries, malts and coffee.
1972, The Nation's Schools, volume 90, page 183One evening as we were winding up, engaged in a spirited debate about whether or not to serve fishwiches at the next meeting, a car speeding down Evergreen whirled out of control and smashed through the front window...
2005, Leslie Stella, Unimaginable zero summer, page 214Synonyms: fishburger
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA burger with a filling of breaded fish.
Origin
Blend of fish + sandwich or fish + -wich.
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