fish and chip

English

Alternative forms

• fish-and-chip

Noun

fish and chip

1. attributive form of fish and chips

   a fish and chip supper

   • 2008, The Book of Business Inspiration, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 243:

     Nevertheless, fish and chip shops are still the most popular form of takeaway in the UK, and are undergoing something of a renaissance.

   • 2009, James Kayui Li, Start and Run a Fish and Chip Shop or Burger Bar, How To Books Ltd, →ISBN:

     A Jewish immigrant, Joseph Malin from Eastern Europe, is said to have opened the first fish and chip shop in the east end of London in 1860 and John Lees opened his business a few years later, setting up a wooden hut in the market at Mossley, near Oldham in Lancashire.

   • 2014, Panikos Panayi, Fish & Chips: A History, Reaktion Books Ltd, →ISBN:

     One statistic which would confirm this fall consists of the reduction of the number of fish and chip shops in the country, although even here a steady decrease has occurred so that fish and chips seems to have retained its position as Britain’s most popular takeaway.

   • 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 45:

     The end of the line is a two-minute stroll from the ferry terminal. There's a fish and chip shop and two cafes for local mussels, prawns, langoustines and crab, as well as an excellent local gallery, as you wait two hours for the return journey.