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fish and chippery

fish and chippery noun: a chip shop.

Noun

fish and chippery (plural fish and chipperies)

  1. (informal) A chip shop.
    • 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.'2014, Dennis J. McTaggart, Cold Gold II, page 112

Forms of fish and chippery

pluralfish and chipperies
alternative formfish-and-chippery

Origin of fish and chippery

From fish and chips + -ery.

Questions about fish and chippery

What does fish and chippery mean?
Fish and chippery means a chip shop.
What part of speech is fish and chippery?
Fish and chippery is a noun.
What is the plural of fish and chippery?
The plural of fish and chippery is fish and chipperies.

Words near fish and chippery in the dictionary

  1. fish 'n' chips
  2. fish acute toxicity syndrome
  3. fish and brewis
  4. fish and chip
  5. fish and chipperies
  6. fish and chippery
  7. fish and chippie
  8. fish and chippies
  9. fish and chippy
  10. fish and chips
  11. fish and company stink after three days

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