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potato crisps

potato crisps is the plural of potato crisp.

Meaning of potato crisp

Noun

potato crisp (plural potato crisps)

  1. (Ireland, UK, in plural) A thin slice of potato that has been deep-fried until it is brittle and crispy, and which is eaten when cool; they are typically packaged and sold as a snack.
    • Edward, give me another of those delicious olives. / What's that? Potato crisps? No, I can't endure them.1949 August 22 (first performance), T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, The Cocktail Party: A Comedy, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.; Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.: Samuel French […], published 1950...
    Synonyms:
    crisp, chip, potato chip

Questions about potato crisps

What is potato crisps the plural of?
Potato crisps is the plural of potato crisp.

Words near potato crisps in the dictionary

  1. potato chips
  2. potato chips of the sea
  3. potato cod
  4. potato cods
  5. potato crisp
  6. potato crisps
  7. potato digger
  8. potato diggers
  9. potato eater
  10. potato eaters
  11. potato flies

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