chicken finger

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Etymology

From chicken +‎ finger, in reference to general shape and size.

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Noun

chicken finger (plural chicken fingers)

  1. (cooking, usually in the plural) A narrow strip of deep-fried chicken, generally without bones or skin, often coated in bread crumbs or similar coating.
    • 1933, Paul Mandeville, editor, Eggs, page 434:
      CHICKEN FINGERS Shape finely minced chicken into inch-long fingers, roll each in cracker dust and fry in hot deep fat until golden brown.

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