chipshop

See also: chip shop and chip-shop

English

Noun

chipshop (plural chipshops)

  1. Alternative form of chip shop.
    • 1982, James MacVeigh, “Model Prisoner, Free Man”, in Gaskin, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 202:
      ‘Come on, lads,’ he said later the same night, ‘let’s do a raid on the fridge.’ He worked days in the chipshop below and was able to keep the keys.
    • 2013, Sam Smith, chapter 21, in Marraton, Beaworthy, Devon: Indigo Dreams Publishing, →ISBN, page 164:
      An alabaster white seagull standing atop a litterbin is bending to pull a chipshop carrierbag from within.
    • 2014, Áine Carlin, “Broad bean fritters with a tangy cucumber salad”, in Keep It Vegan: Over 100 Simple, Healthy & Delicious Dishes, London: Kyle Books, →ISBN, “Midday Meals & Simple Suppers” section, page 52:
      These fritters were a happy accident in my bid to perfect the broad bean falafel (just like the ones I had tasted in Bethlehem all those years ago), but are more akin to a chipshop pea fritter than a Middle Eastern snack (what can I say? – a marriage of two cultures I equally adore!).
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