fish fry

noun

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

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Although Haus of Grams is a cannabis dispensary, the fish fry is held at an incubator space for small businesses outside, ensuring that all ages are welcome. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Anchor Bay Bar & Grill in Biron, Wisconsin, draws a devoted crowd for their weekly fish fry, but the cost of food has come a challenge. — CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026 In its third generation of family ownership, the Friday fish fry is extremely popular with regulars, but really, any surf-and-turf combo on the menu will do. — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026 Also contaminated are fish, staples of Midwestern fish fries and fish boils, and an important part of the diet of Indigenous tribes, certain immigrant populations and communities of color. — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026 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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