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How to use chippy in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun, adjective, verb

Chippy means a carpenter. Example: “We had a good munch at the chippy.”

Examples of chippy by meaning

nounA carpenter.

  • Then, when ah wis apprenticed as a chippy wi a Gorgie builder, ah goes along tae Telford College tae dae ma national certificate modules in joinery.1993, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, Times Film School, page 36

nounA prostitute or promiscuous woman.

  • I manage to pick up a living in spite of the damn chippies.a. 1911, David Graham Phillips, Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
  • Don't worry chippy, nobodys gonna hurtya.1964, Hubert Selby Jr., Last Exit to Brooklyn, New York: Grove Press, page 52
  • $80 for a chippy?1971, Robert Altman, Brian McKay, 00:17:46 from the start, in McCabe & Mrs. Miller

nounA fish-and-chip shop.

  • Huge queues form outside the Chippy, often stretching back to the Coop and beyond.2008, Patrick Naughton, chapter I, in Whistle Wood, Land of the Fathers, →ISBN, page 33
  • Yer really buyin′ a chippy?” Tom smiled whilst nodding his head.2009, John Wise, chapter 12, in Sweet Dreams, →ISBN, page 308

nounA potato chip.

  • why fish? for food so we can have it in our chippies2001 February 17, Ben Scott, “fish”, in free.uk.internet.isp.blueyonder.poor-service (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 Apr 2026

nounA chipping sparrow.

  • How early in the season does the chippy appear and where does it spend the winter?1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 88

adjectiveIll-tempered, disagreeable.

  • He was incredibly chippy, was that the thing?—all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN

verbTo take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict.

  • I chippy around but haven't been hooked in a year now.1952 March 5, William S. Burroughs, “To Allen Ginsberg”, in Oliver Harris, editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New...
  • The heroin user in the United States typically "chippies" for some time before becoming a regular user.1974, Eric Josephson, Eleanor Elizabeth Carroll, Columbia University. School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, Drug use...

More sentences with chippy

  • We had a good munch at the chippy.From the entry munch
  • A fish and chippy stood near St Thomas’ Church with a Co-op and a post office shop.2018, Janet Hodgson, Mission From Below: Growing a Kingdom Community, Durham: Sacristy Press, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry fish and chippy
  • Gargrave also has good pubs and a first-class fish and chippy.2015, Derek Pratt, Great Waterways Journeys: 20 Glorious Routes Circling England, by Canal and River, Adlard Coles Nautical, →ISBN, page 127. From the entry fish and chippy
  • You won't catch me nosing round a chippy at the end of the night begging batter scraps and pea wet.2023, James Clarke, Sanderson's Isle, →ISBN. From the entry pea wet
  • Chips are the bedrock of any chippy, and the generous portion of 'sglods I got were perfectly cooked, and delicious.2021 April 10, Alison Sanders, Jason Evans, Ffion Lewis, “Fry Awards 2021: We try out three of the Welsh fish and chip shops named among…. From the entry sglods

Meaning of chippy

  1. noun A carpenter.
  2. noun A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
  3. noun A fish-and-chip shop.

Full definition of chippy

Questions about chippy in a sentence

How do you use chippy in a sentence?
Chippy is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “We had a good munch at the chippy.”
What is a short sentence with chippy?
“$80 for a chippy?”
What does chippy mean?
Chippy means a carpenter.

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