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clippies

clippies is the plural of clippie.

clippies is the plural of clippy.

Meaning of clippie

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

Questions about clippies

What is clippies the plural of?
Clippies is the plural of clippie.

Words near clippies in the dictionary

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

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