DCHP-2

all-dressed < French toute garnie DCHP-2 (September 2016)

• 1 adj. — Food, predominantly Quebec

  all the standard, free garnishes and condiments for some foods such as pizzas, hamburgers or hot dogs.

  Type: 1. Origin — Internationally, the term is still almost uniquely used in Canada (see Chart 1), but shows an interesting regional distribution within Canada. The term is a literal translation of a French term (toute garnie) and is most frequent in Quebec English, Eastern Ontario and Saskatechewan (the latter of which is a bit of a mystery) (Boberg 2005: 38, 43). The term is most frequently used in the province of Quebec (92 percent of the time when referring to pizza), particularly in Montreal (96 percent with pizza). Canada outside Quebec only uses all-dressed with pizza a mere 8 percent of the time (see Boberg 2012: 500), employing instead terms such as "deluxe" (parts of western Canada and Ontario), or "the works" (Atlantic Canada) or "everything-on-it" (some Toronto speakers) (Boberg 2005: 43). Chart 2 shows a regional distribution based on internet domain names. The term is also applied to garnishes on hamburgers and hot dogs, though to a lesser degree outside of Quebec.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "all-dressed", which is marked "Cdn (Que., NB, & E Ont.)".

• 2 adj. — Food

  a flavour of potato chip, usually in the compound all-dressed chips (see Image 1).

  Type: 3. Semantic Change — In contrast to meaning 1, this term is used across Canada, but in no other country.