Saratoga chip
- noun
- /ˈsærəˌtoʊɡə tʃɪp/
- Archaic
:
chip de Saratoga
- The original Saratoga chip recipe dates back to the 1850s in New York.
Examples
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I love eating Saratoga chips with my sandwich.
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At the fair, we sampled homemade Saratoga chips sprinkled with salt and herbs.
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The chef served a bowl of Saratoga chips with the club sandwiches.
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Have you ever tried Saratoga chips?
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In the early 19th century, Saratoga chips became a popular snack served in upscale restaurants.
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He enjoyed munching on homemade Saratoga chips while watching the game.
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The chef prepared a platter of Saratoga chips, garnished with a sprinkle of sea salt.
Synonyms
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1.0
A thin crisp slice of potato fried and eaten as a snack
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1.0
A thin crispy slice of potato fried or baked and eaten as a snack
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2.7
A thin, crispy snack made from potatoes or corn
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1.2
A thin fried slice of potato eaten cold as a snack
How Crisp
- Archaic
- US
114
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is compositionally built from a place-name modifier + ‘chip’, so a learner who knows ‘Saratoga’ (a place) and ‘chip’ (a thin fried potato slice) can infer it is a type of chip associated with Saratoga. This follows a common place+food naming pattern and therefore is directly interpretable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Saratoga chip comes from Saratoga Springs, New York. One popular story says that in the 1850s a cook there thinly sliced potatoes and fried them until very crisp, and people began to call the thin fried slices Saratoga chips. So the name joins Saratoga (the town) and chip (a thin slice) and explains why it means a thin, fried 'potato chip'.