Meaning of fish and chip | Babel Free

Definitions

Attributive form of fish and chips.

attributive, form-of

Examples

“a fish⟳ and chip supper”

“Nevertheless, fish⟳ and chip shops are still the most popular form⟳ of takeaway in the UK, and are undergoing something of a renaissance.”

“A Jewish immigrant, Joseph Malin from Eastern Europe, is said to have⟳ opened the first fish⟳ and chip shop⟳ in the east end⟳ of London in 1860 and John Lees opened his business a few years later, setting up a wooden hut in the market at Mossley, near Oldham in Lancashire.”

“One statistic which would confirm⟳ this fall⟳ consists of the reduction of the number⟳ of fish⟳ and chip shops in the country, although even here a steady decrease has occurred so that fish⟳ and chips seems to have⟳ retained its position as Britain’s most popular takeaway.”

“The end⟳ of the line is a two-minute stroll from the ferry terminal. There's a fish⟳ and chip shop⟳ and two cafes for local mussels, prawns, langoustines and crab, as well as an excellent local gallery, as you wait⟳ two hours for the return⟳ journey.”

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