variants
or chippy
plural chippies
1
usually chippie slang, disapproving
a
: a woman who has multiple sexual partners : a woman who is sexually promiscuous
b
: a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay : a woman who is a sex worker
2
usually chippy British, informal
: chip shop
Occasionally on a Friday lunchtime I'll treat myself to a plate of fish and chips from the local chippy.—
Peter Collins
Peter CollinsExamples of chippie in a Sentence
detectives wanted to talk to the chippies who were regulars at the bar—to learn if they had seen anything
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Alex Macleod Not your average chippie—this Aberdeenshire restaurant is elevating Ballater's food scene.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2024
LeVert rushed a late-clock chippie.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
Soon after her mom died, her dad remarried a much younger chippie.
—Absurdity, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2022
Finally, this past summer, came a dedicated brick-and-mortar space on MacDougal Street and a more expansive seafood-focused menu that established Dame as not just an elevated chippie but a paragon of inventive fish cookery as well.
—New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
The seagulls remain ready to pounce, but the ice-cream shops and chippies that supply their prey are mostly shut.
—The Economist, 28 May 2020
After a run of 10 consecutive makes, Stefanou doinked a chippie off the right upright, and as the Buffs were down 42 points at the time, the football gods shook their heads while Twitter laughed.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2019
The boxer came down bellowing, Bobbie apologized, the beautiful chippie in red velvet pants swept off with the boxer in the Towers elevator and thus became a Waldorf girl.
—Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017
Perhaps all those men who wrote the books and plays about the hooker with a heart of gold, or the chippie who fell in love with a nice American serviceman and was saved, were really writing about their own need to subdue women.
—Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Sep. 2017
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Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2024
LeVert rushed a late-clock chippie.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
Soon after her mom died, her dad remarried a much younger chippie.
—Absurdity, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2022
Finally, this past summer, came a dedicated brick-and-mortar space on MacDougal Street and a more expansive seafood-focused menu that established Dame as not just an elevated chippie but a paragon of inventive fish cookery as well.
—New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
The seagulls remain ready to pounce, but the ice-cream shops and chippies that supply their prey are mostly shut.
—The Economist, 28 May 2020
After a run of 10 consecutive makes, Stefanou doinked a chippie off the right upright, and as the Buffs were down 42 points at the time, the football gods shook their heads while Twitter laughed.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2019
The boxer came down bellowing, Bobbie apologized, the beautiful chippie in red velvet pants swept off with the boxer in the Towers elevator and thus became a Waldorf girl.
—Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017
Perhaps all those men who wrote the books and plays about the hooker with a heart of gold, or the chippie who fell in love with a nice American serviceman and was saved, were really writing about their own need to subdue women.
—Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Sep. 2017
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“Chippie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chippie. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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