fish and chippery

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Etymology[edit]

fish and chips +‎ -ery

Noun[edit]

fish and chippery (plural fish and chipperies)

  1. (informal) A chip shop.
    • 2014, Dennis J. McTaggart, Cold Gold II, page 112:
      Derek smiled at her and said, 'That would have shut him up a bit. He thought that he was in a fish and chippery and there he was in an export factory.'
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