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chicken-fry

[ chik-uhn-frahy ]

verb (used with object)

chicken-fried, chicken-frying.
  1. to dip (meat, vegetables, etc.) in batter and fry, usually in deep fat:

    chicken-fried steak.



noun

  1. food or a meal prepared in this way:

    He claims to do the best chicken-fry in Texas.

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of chicken-fry1

First recorded in 1895–1900, for an earlier sense
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Example Sentences

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“There’s really nothing of nostalgia to look at anymore on Route 66, other than Ann’s Chicken-Fry over near Portland Avenue,” Mickley said.

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The Spicy Venue in the swanky neighborhood of Jubilee Hills specializes in Andhra cuisine including a fiery, flavorful chicken-fry pulao.

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She had to churn her own butter, bake a dozen loaves of bread a day, put up jams and jellies and whatever she grew in the garden for the winter, even chicken-fry the various parts of an entire steer.

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Nicholas and Alexandra, Massie After five weeks of plying the Ozarks' chicken-fry circuit in the same $3 drip-dry sports shirt and rumpled slacks, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee donned a dark suit, striped tie, and vest and headed back to Washington.

The action of the novel centers on the town's preparations for a farewell chicken-fry and the efforts of a film producer and scenarist to make a great film of the life and death of a Southern town.

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