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Southern-fried

American  
[suhth-ern-frahyd] / ˈsʌð ərnˈfraɪd /

adjective

  1. Cooking. coated with flour, egg, and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat.

    Southern-fried chicken.

  2. (often lowercase) characteristic of or originating in the South.

    a vocabulary full of southern-fried expressions.
Southern-fried British  
/ ˈsʌðənˌfraɪd /

adjective

  1. (of meats, esp chicken) dipped in a mixture of flour and breadcrumbs and deep-fried

  2. Also: country-fried.  (of music) combined with or influenced by elements of country-and-western music

  3. Also: country-fried.  derogatory characteristic of or pertaining to the Southeastern US, esp in culture, politics, or religion Compare chicken-fried

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Etymology

Origin of Southern-fried

First recorded in 1925–30

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