fish and chippy

See also: fish-and-chippy

English

Noun

fish and chippy (plural fish and chippies)

1. Alternative form of fish-and-chippy.
   • 2005, Annie Bullen, Brighton (City-Break Guides), Jarrold Publishing, →ISBN, pages 73–74:

     Britain’s best known fish and chippy with a lot more to offer, including Yorkshire pudding and onion gravy.

   • 2015, Derek Pratt, Great Waterways Journeys: 20 Glorious Routes Circling England, by Canal and River, Adlard Coles Nautical, →ISBN, page 127:

     Gargrave also has good pubs and a first-class fish and chippy.

   • 2017, Kayla Drake, Daring Sarah (Windy City Weddings; 2), Four-Ply Publishing, →ISBN:

     He waved one hand toward the door. “Fish and chippy, or should we try the oyster bar?”

   • 2018, Janet Hodgson, Mission From Below: Growing a Kingdom Community, Durham: Sacristy Press, →ISBN, page 9:

     A fish and chippy stood near St Thomas’ Church with a Co-op and a post office shop. High Clarence also had a fish and chip shop and post office.

   • 2020, Jenny Eclair, Older and Wider: A Survivor’s Guide to the Menopause, London: Quercus Editions Ltd, →ISBN:

     […] I like my chips big and chunky from a proper fish and chippy; […]

Adjective

fish and chippy (comparative more fish and chippy, superlative most fish and chippy)

1. Alternative form of fish-and-chippy.
   • 1995, Jane Edmanson, Jane Edmanson’s Favourite Plants, Lothian, →ISBN, page 67:

     It doesn’t have the typical taste of the ‘fish and chippy’ Lisbon lemon (Citrus limon ‘Lisbon’), as it is less acidic and more like a combination of orange and lemon.

   • 2010, Natasha Lester, What Is Left Over, After, Fremantle Press, →ISBN, page 49:

     The café beckons, or rather the smell of coffee does, but the fish and chippy perkiness of the place is too much.

   • 2016, Seamus McNinch, The Conversion of Ignatius Moriarty, Xlibris, →ISBN:

     He was just getting into his second ‘Blam-a-dee-Blam’ when, wrong-sighted by being fifer-less, he stepped into a puddle of fish and chippy spew, slipped backwards, over-corrected and went forwards, to the point where Newton’s Law of Gravity took over, due to the weight of the Lambeg Drum, and he began a slow motion roll forward to the gate.