clippie

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From clip +‎ -ie, since they clip the passengers' tickets.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪpi

Noun

clippie (plural clippies)

  1. (Britain, slang) A bus conductor.
    • 1975, Angela Carter, “Trouser Protest”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 144:
      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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