chippie

variants also chippy
as in prostitute
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman detectives wanted to talk to the chippies who were regulars at the bar—to learn if they had seen anything

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Recent Examples of chippie 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chippie
Noun
  • At some point, Perkins reportedly introduced Millard to a Black prostitute but Millard wanted a White one instead, the news report said, citing warrants.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, named after Shields’s controversial first film about a young girl who was a child prostitute, features interviews from her childhood friend and actress Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore and how to contrasted with Shields’s experience in the spotlight.
    Vulture, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
Noun
  • In this raucous odyssey a wanton minx quests hard across a dreamy landscape of smut, filth and psychics, hustling to lift a curse that has been f*cking her sh*t up.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
  • In this raucous odyssey a wanton minx quests hard across a dreamy landscape of smut, filth and psychics, hustling to lift a curse that has been f*cking her sh*t up.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In other words, the insecure floozy stereotype has very little basis in reality.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Oh, my favorite floozy.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 May 2021
Noun
  • Daniels’ first foray into the horror genre shot to No. 1 on Netflix after dropping Aug. 30, which may have a little bit — or a whole lot — to do with Close, who clearly had the time of her life playing a tramp named Alberta.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
  • On March 7, 1913, rescuers were desperately searching the same waters for survivors of the Alum Cine, a British tramp steamer, that exploded while being loaded with 350 tons of dynamite (nine boxcars’ worth) that was bound to Panama for construction of the canal that was underway.
    Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024

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“Chippie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chippie. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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