Irish English colloquial term for a serving of fish and chips -- specifically one piece of fish and one portion of chips. The term captures the way the order was traditionally called out: one cod, one chips. It is deeply embedded in Irish chip-shop culture, where fish and chips is a staple takeaway. The phrase is distinctly Irish in this specific food sense.
She picked up a one and one on the way home from the match and ate it walking.
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Irish slang for the classic takeaway order of fish and chips — one piece of battered fish and one portion of chips, the two staples arriving together. In Ireland the phrase became shorthand for the whole meal, and you'd say it at the chipper counter as naturally as ordering a coffee. It's a term dripping with nostalgia, Friday-night ritual, and the smell of vinegar on newspaper. Still used widely in Ireland today.
After the match we went straight to Burdock's for a one and one — cod, extra salt.
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(Ireland) A serving of fish and chips.
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