clippie

English

Alternative forms

• clippy

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪpi

Noun

clippie (plural clippies)

1. (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.)