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clip joint

clip joint noun: an establishment, usually a strip club or bar, in which customers are tricked into paying money only to receive poor goods or services or none at all.

Noun

clip joint (plural clip joints)

  1. (informal) An establishment, usually a strip club or bar, in which customers are tricked into paying money only to receive poor goods or services or none at all.
    • "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo

Forms of clip joint

pluralclip joints
alternative formclip-joint
alternative formclipjoint

Origin of clip joint

From clip (“to cheat, swindle, or fleece”) and joint (“disparaging US slang for a place of business”).

Questions about clip joint

What does clip joint mean?
Clip joint means an establishment, usually a strip club or bar, in which customers are tricked into paying money only to receive poor goods or services or none at all.
What part of speech is clip joint?
Clip joint is a noun.
What is the plural of clip joint?
The plural of clip joint is clip joints.

Words near clip joint in the dictionary

  1. clip farms
  2. clip font
  3. clip fonts
  4. clip in
  5. clip it
  6. clip joint
  7. clip joints
  8. clip point
  9. clip points
  10. clip show
  11. clip shows

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