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clippie

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *glemb-✻
  2. inherited from *klumpijaną✻
  3. inherited from clyppan — “to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”
  4. inherited from clippen
  5. suffixed as clippie — “clip + ie”

Definitions

  1. 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.)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA