clippie
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom clip + -ie, since they clip the passengers' tickets.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɪpi
Noun
editclippie (plural clippies)
- (British, 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.)