chicken-friedadj.
/ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)nfrʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪkənˌfraɪd/ U.S.
1. Originally U.S. regional (western). Dipped in flour or batter and deep-fried, in the manner of fried chicken. Esp. in chicken-fried steak.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > frying or fried > fried in specific way
sauté1869
jumped1871
southern-fried1877
pan-fried1894
sautéed1896
chicken-fried1914
stir-fried1959
blackened1981
1914 Colorado Springs Gaz. 19 June 6/2 (advt.) A summer dainty. Chicken fried steak. Served at Phelps.
1976 Free Press (Diboll, Texas) 8 Apr. ii. 4/6 Huntsville is a great town and I'll bet there are lots of places there that serve chicken fried steaks every day.
2003 People (Electronic ed.) 17 Nov. 74 We ate a lot of down home cooking... We had lots of chicken fried things.
2. figurative. (Stereotypically) characteristic or typical of the rural southern and western United States. Cf. southern-fried adj. 2.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > U.S.A. > southern states
southern1788
Southron1829
southern-fried1972
chicken-fried1975
1975 J. Villas in Esquire Dec. 152/1 I'm a Southerner, born, bred, and chicken-fried.
1980 Washington Post 10 Nov. d1 (headline) National women's rodeo: genuine, tried & ‘chicken fried’.
1990 S. Morgan Homeboy lii. 311 He tuned his radio to the shitkicker station..humming along to a chickenfried ‘White Christmas’.
2003 Morning Star (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 29 Mar. The Danish-born Ms. Nielsen is forced to affect a Clarice Starling, chicken-fried accent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1914