fish fry

noun

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

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Wagon Wheel Lounge in Northville is known for its all-you-can-eat Friday fish fry during Lent for $13. — Joe Guillen, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025 Most spots will hold their first fish fry Friday, March 7. Subscribe to continue reading this article. — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 26 Feb. 2025 Dinners will be held in the social center at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 537 E St. A lot of volunteer effort goes into making this an exceptional fish fry. — Gary Paun, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 The fish fries help raise money for charities supported by the Knights of Columbus, including Ramona Pregnancy Care Clinic, Feed the Hungry, Hearts and Hooves Therapy and Ramona Food and Clothes Closet. — Gary Paun, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fish fry

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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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