fish fry
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2.8
- noun
- /fɪʃ fraɪ/
- Informal
:
fritura de pescado
- The community center is hosting a fish fry this Saturday for everyone to enjoy.
- Friday fish fry
- a big fish fry
- Wednesday night fish fry
Examples
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But most local eateries have a decent fish fry, and it's probably harder to find a bad one than a good one.
Blog text (30) -
Every blazing morning, I woke to a one-stoplight burg named Walker's Mill, where the biggest social event of the summer was the volunteer fire department's fish fry.
Fiction book (1999) -
Every last Saturday of the month, the Society and center hold a monthly fish fry to raise funds for keeping the center open.
Blog text (3) -
There is a big barbecue and fish fry on the school lawn.
Fiction book (1998) -
Josephine had a fish fry at the community center.
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Any restaurant, bar and grill, or pizzeria will have a fish fry during Lent, at the very least on Fridays.
Blog text (30) -
Stop in and check out our Jumbo Chicken Wings, Roast Beef on Weck, and Friday night fish fry.
Blog text (34) -
I wish for mundane things—like going to a pancake breakfast or a fish fry.
Blog text (25) -
He kept talking about the big fish fry he was going to have, how my mother would make hushpuppies and coleslaw, and we'd invite all our kin.
Fiction book (2000) -
Every summer, my family and friends gather for a big fish fry by the lake.
Synonyms
1
1.0
A meal of fish and shellfish for the main course
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'an event/meal where fried fish is served' is directly derivable from combining 'fish' (the food) with 'fry' (to cook in hot oil): the compound denotes fried fish or a gathering centered on frying fish. This food + cooking-method composition is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Fish fry comes from the simple picture of people cooking fresh fish by frying it together outdoors in big pans. That's why fish fry means a social 'event' or meal where fried fish is the main food.