Synonyms:
french_fries, french-fried_potatoes, fries, chips
Meaning: strips of potato fried in deep fat
Usage examples
It was full of little brown chips that looked like the shavings of some root.
Grass and leaves were strewn over the snares; chips, hewn branches, and other evidences of their work were removed.
She swung the axe with vigor and precision, and the chips flew; but I could not help saying, "You ought to make the man do that."
Among the chips scattered about the beach lay the two axes that had been used to chop up the boats. The tide was creeping in behind me.
It is a remarkable fact that in sinking shafts alongside the temple wall, great stones have been discovered but no stone chips are found by them.
One day Epstein appeared and said: 'Good-morning, Mr. Bergmann, have you any chips to-day?' 'No,' said Bergmann, 'I have none.' 'That's strange, Mr. Bergmann; won't you look?' No, he wouldn't look; he knew he had none.
But perhaps this further story is a better indication of developed humor and shrewdness: "A man by the name of Epstein had been in the habit of buying brass chips and trimmings from the lathes, and in some way Bergmann found out that he had been cheated.
Then he said: 'Well, Epstein, good-bye, I've got to go down to Wall Street.' Epstein and his assistant then attempted to lift the boxes to carry them out, but couldn't; and then discovered that calculations as to quantity had been thrown out because the boxes had all been screwed down to the floor and mostly filled with boards with a veneer of brass chips.