cottage fry

English

Noun

cottage fry (plural cottage fries)

  1. singular of cottage fries
    • 1988, Penelope Karageorge, chapter 26, in Winners, London: Headline Book Publishing, published 1989, →ISBN, page 185:
      Pratty chewed on a cottage fry.
    • 1989, Dick Belsky, “Romantic Interlude”, in South Street Confidential (A Joan Kahn Book), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 100:
      I picked up a cottage fry and nibbled on it.
    • 1992, Pamela Wright, Diane Bair, “Stickyfingers”, in Places to Eat: New England: A Guide to More Than 200 Fun, Casual, and Cheap Restaurants, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, “Rhode Island” section, “Providence Area” subsection, page 99:
      These are served with Buffalo Chips (a cross between a homemade potato chip and a cottage fry), cole slaw and Texas toast.