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Supplier of beef and chips popular around America (8)

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I believe the answer is:

friesian

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'supplier of beef' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'chips popular around america' is the wordplay.
'chips' becomes 'fries' (I've seen this before).
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'america' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'in' placed around 'a' is 'ian'.
'fries'+'ian'='FRIESIAN'

'and' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for friesian that I've seen before include "Black and white cattle breed" , "source of milk" , "Milk producer" , "Monochrome cow" , "from Holland" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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