chip shop

noun

plural chip shops
British
: a take-out restaurant that sells fish-and-chips and other fried foods

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Each scene is a miniature marvel — a scene in the chip shop conveys loneliness purely through blocking — and the cumulative emotional stakes only stack up as Carriera directs her own screenplay, which possesses no excess. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024 The locations have included the sides of buildings, a fish and chip shop sign, a police box, and the bridge of a subway station. Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2024 Then came a pelican stooping to scoop up fish on the sign of a fish and chip shop in Walthamstow, east London. Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024 Rebus will have enjoyed the occasional haggis supper from his local chip shop. Angus MacKinnon, CNN, 3 Apr. 2023 The organizations that took part in the trial included a wide range of companies and sectors including online retailers, financial service providers, animation studios, housing, marketing firms, healthcare, and a fish and chip shop. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chip shop was in 1892

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“Chip shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chip%20shop. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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