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means A takeaway meal of battered, deep-fried fish served with thick-cut fried potato chips, traditionally wrapped and doused in salt and vinegar.

from Fried fish arrived in Britain via Jewish communities, particularly Sephardic immigrants, who had long fried fish in batter as a way to eat it cold on the Sabbath. Fried potatoes developed separately, likely influenced by continental European frying traditions. The two were married in British cities in the mid-1800s, with early chip shops opening in the north of England and London around the same era. The exact 'first' shop to combine them is disputed and probably unknowable, but by the late 19th century the pairing was a working-class staple, cheap enough to feed industrial Britain and beloved enough to survive it.