Meaning of fish-and-chippy | Babel Free

Definitions

A shop that sells fish and chips.

informal

Examples

“There is still no fishmonger, although there is a fish-and-chippy.”

“The trattoria was becoming popular and was edging out the ‘greasy spoon’ and even the fish-and-chippy.”

“In 1993–94, I lived in the picturesque southern English town of Canterbury, Kent, in a very small apartment above a health-food shop and a “fish-and-chippy.””

“‘That will happen wherever I go, because most of the chefs around here couldn’t tell the difference between a brûlée and a blowfly.’ / ‘But you won’t be working anywhere else. You’ll be on garden leave. Unless you fancy opening a fish-and-chippy in Ulladulla?’ Jim offers.”

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