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Definition of Fryer
1. Noun. Flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying.
Definition of Fryer
1. Noun. A container for frying food. ¹
2. Noun. A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fryer
1. one that fries [n -S] - See also: fries
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fryer
Literary usage of Fryer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"On the bishop's death his goods were seized to the king's use, so that for twelve
days' labour and four nights' watching fryer received nothing. ..."
2. Three Chapters of Letters Relating to the Suppression of Monasteries by Thomas Wright (1843)
"fryer henry Jaket. fryer George Coper. fryer Johan Rebull. The Whyte fryer. of
... fryer Symon Vagan. fryer Johan Hoper. The Whyte fryer-es of ..."
3. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"NOT farre from fryer Bacon, dwelt an olde man that had great store of money which
hee let out to use, and would never doe any good with it to the poore, ..."
4. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1890)
"... loos anything relating to their memory, I shall, as they are there extant,
put downe ; that is to say, John de Saltford (the priour), fryer William de ..."
5. Robin Hood: A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, Now by Joseph Ritson, Joseph Frank, Thomas Bewick (1832)
"The full title is: " The famous battell betweene Robin Hood and the curtail fryer.
To a New Northerne tune." " The curtail fryer,'' Dr. Stukeley says, ..."
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