[f. FRY v.1 + -ER1.]
1. One who fries (fish); also a vessel used in frying (fish). More fully fish-frier: see FISH sb.1 6 d.
1859. Sala, Tw. round Clock (1861), 18. Offal [fish] is bought only by the ‘fryers.’
1884. Health Exhib. Catal., p, lvii/2. Four Large Fish Fryers.
2. pl. Fish for frying.
1851. Mayhew, Lond. Labour, I. 166. This supply is known in the trade as ‘friers,’ and consists of the overplus of a fishmonger’s stock.
