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French fried potatoes
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Noun
p French fried potato
en French-fried potatoes.
en [Eliza] Warren Vegetables Cookery for Maids of All Work London Groombridge & Sons,5, Paternoster Row; all booksellers, and railway stations [1856] 88 https://books.google.com/books?id=cp9kAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA88 311823234 French Fried Potatoes.—Cut new potatoes in thin slices, put them in boiling fat, and a little salt; fry both sides of a light golden brown colour; drain dry from fat, and serve hot.
en 1919 A Damsel in Distress w:P. G. Wodehouse https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2233/pg2233.html George's mutton chop congealed on the plate, untouched. The French fried potatoes cooled off, unnoticed. This was no time for food.