fish and chippery

English

Alternative forms

• fish-and-chippery

Etymology

From fish and chips +‎ -ery.

Noun

fish and chippery (plural fish and chipperies)

1. (informal) A chip shop.
   • 2014, Dennis J. McTaggart, Cold Gold II, page 112:

     Derek smiled at her and said, 'That would have shut him up a bit. He thought that he was in a fish and chippery and there he was in an export factory.'