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clippie

clippie noun: a bus conductor.

Noun

clippie (plural clippies)

  1. (UK, slang) A bus conductor.
    • And yet, in the last decade, women in trousers have ceased to be […] functionally invisible. (I can’t remember if clippies wear trousers or skirts, these days; that’s what I mean by invisible.)1975, Angela Carter, “Trouser Protest”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 144

Forms of clippie

pluralclippies
alternative formclippy

Origin of clippie

From clip + -ie, in reference to clipping tickets of passengers.

Words that rhyme with clippie

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Questions about clippie

What does clippie mean?
Clippie means a bus conductor.
What part of speech is clippie?
Clippie is a noun.
What is the plural of clippie?
The plural of clippie is clippies.

Words near clippie in the dictionary

  1. Clipperton Island
  2. clippest
  3. clippeth
  4. clippety-clop
  5. clippety-cloppety
  6. clippie
  7. clippies
  8. clipping
  9. clipping it
  10. clipping someone's wings
  11. clipping the church

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