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fish and chippie

fish and chippie is the alternative form of fish-and-chippy.

Meaning of fish-and-chippy

Noun

fish-and-chippy (plural fish-and-chippies)

  1. (informal) A shop that sells fish and chips.
    • There is still no fishmonger, although there is a fish-and-chippy.1993, Giles Gordon, Aren’t We Due a Royalty Statement? A Stern Account of Literary, Publishing, and Theatrical Folk, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 342

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Forms of fish and chippie

pluralfish and chippies

Origin of fish and chippie

From fish and chips + -ie.

Questions about fish and chippie

What is fish and chippie the alternative form of?
Fish and chippie is the alternative form of fish-and-chippy.

Words near fish and chippie in the dictionary

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  11. fish ball

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