fish fry

noun

1
: a picnic or supper featuring fried fish
2
: fried fish

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There is a nod to Great Lakes fish with a Lake Superior fish fry and perch sandwich. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 1 Aug. 2025 Oysters are also served chicken fried or roasted, along with the South Carolina staple of she-crab soup and dishes such as lobster ravioli, fish fry platters, a Korean barbecue grilled chicken sandwich, and steak frites. Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 But in the eyes of some South Carolina Democrats who filed into the state party’s dinner on Friday night or headed to Representative James E. Clyburn’s annual fish fry nearby or showed up at Saturday’s party convention, the earliest stages of the primary race are plainly underway. New York Times, 31 May 2025 Lakefront Brewery has become a Milwaukee staple with its large beer hall, comedic brewery tour and Friday fish fries. Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for fish fry

Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of fish fry was in 1824

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“Fish fry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fish%20fry. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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