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fish and chippy

fish and chippy 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 chippy

Noun
pluralfish and chippies
Adjective
comparativemore fish and chippy
superlativemost fish and chippy

Questions about fish and chippy

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

Words near fish and chippy in the dictionary

  1. fish and chip
  2. fish and chipperies
  3. fish and chippery
  4. fish and chippie
  5. fish and chippies
  6. fish and chippy
  7. fish and chips
  8. fish and company stink after three days
  9. fish ball
  10. fish balls
  11. fish beam

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