fish and chips
noun1
A 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.
- Fried Fish and Chips, two iron furnaces and chipping machine, low rent.1897 September 18, The Age, Melbourne, page 9, column 5:
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- “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: