clippien.

Brit.

/ˈklɪpi/, U.S.

/ˈklɪpi/

Forms: 1900s– clippie, 1900s– clippy.

Etymology: < clip v.² (with allusion to the clipping of tickets) + -ie suffix, -y suffix⁶.

colloquial.

A bus-conductress.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > employees on a bus > conductor > female

bus conductress1894

busgirl1916

clippie1941

1941 New Statesman 30 Aug. 218/3 Clippy, bus conductress.

1946 News Chron. 27 Feb. London's 26,000 busmen and clippies are seriously perturbed at the bad name they are getting with the travelling public.

1959 G. Usher Death in Bag i. 6 An ex-clippie on a local bus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clippie
释义	clippien. Brit. /ˈklɪpi/, U.S. /ˈklɪpi/ Forms: 1900s– clippie, 1900s– clippy. Etymology: < clip v.² (with allusion to the clipping of tickets) + -ie suffix, -y suffix⁶. colloquial. A bus-conductress. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > employees on a bus > conductor > female bus conductress1894 busgirl1916 clippie1941 1941 New Statesman 30 Aug. 218/3 Clippy, bus conductress. 1946 News Chron. 27 Feb. London's 26,000 busmen and clippies are seriously perturbed at the bad name they are getting with the travelling public. 1959 G. Usher Death in Bag i. 6 An ex-clippie on a local bus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1941
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