Kentucky Fried Chicken™
/kenˌtʌki fraɪd ˈtʃɪkɪn/
/kənˌtʌki fraɪd ˈtʃɪkɪn/
(also KFC)
- any of a group of US fast food restaurants selling pieces of fried chicken and other dishes. Their food is advertised as being ‘finger lickin' good’. Colonel Harland D Sanders opened the first restaurant in 1952 and the KFC company, which is based in Louisville, Kentucky, has thousands of restaurants in the US and other countries.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken™