fish-and-chipper

noun

fish-and-chipper

noun

Etymology From fish and chips + -er.

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Ireland, Slang A chip shop

  • Next morning I phoned McKinley from the kiosk around the corner and made a point of meeting up with him at a nearby fish-and-chipper.2011 April 25, Gardiner M. Weir, A World of Dreams: Scots-Irish Short Stories and Poems, PublishAmerica, →ISBN:
  • I could get thirty shillings in the local fish-and-chipper on a Saturday night.2013 April 23, Zoe Miller, The Compromise, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
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  • And don't forget the smell of the fish-and-chipper on a cold winter's night; sometimes they even smelt better than they tasted!2015 March 3, Éamonn MacThomáis, Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin, The O'Brien Press, →ISBN:

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