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Southern-fried

Southern-fried adjective: coated in flour, egg, and breadcrumbs and then deep-fried.

Adjective

Southern-fried (comparative more Southern-fried, superlative most Southern-fried)

  1. (US, not comparable) Coated in flour, egg, and breadcrumbs and then deep-fried.
  2. (US, comparable) Characteristic of the South of the United States; authentically Southern.

Forms of Southern-fried

comparativemore Southern-fried
superlativemost Southern-fried
alternative formSouthern fried
alternative formsouthern-fried

Origin of Southern-fried

Because the particular style of frying is seen as characteristic of the Southern United States.

Questions about Southern-fried

What does Southern-fried mean?
Southern-fried means coated in flour, egg, and breadcrumbs and then deep-fried.
What part of speech is Southern-fried?
Southern-fried is an adjective.

Words near Southern-fried in the dictionary

  1. southern voles
  2. Southern Wakashan
  3. southern woodland violet
  4. southern yellow pine
  5. southern yellow pines
  6. Southern-fried
  7. Southerndown
  8. southerner
  9. southerners
  10. southernification
  11. southernisation

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