Meaning of Chippy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A carpenter.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang
2. A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
   US, Western, slang
3. A fish-and-chip shop.
   Ireland, UK, informal
4. The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.
   Australia, slang
5. A potato chip.
   New-Zealand
6. A chiptune.
   informal
7. A chipping sparrow.
   US
8. An occasional drug habit, less than addiction.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Then, when ah wis apprenticed as a chippy wi a Gorgie builder, ah goes along tae Telford College tae dae ma national certificate modules in joinery.”

“I manage⟳ to pick⟳ up a living in spite of the damn chippies. I don't see⟳ why the hell they don't go into the business regular and make⟳ something out of it, instead of loving free.”

“Don't worry⟳ chippy, nobodys gonna hurtya. Maybe fuckya a little[…]”

“$80 for a chippy? I can get⟳ a goddamn horse for $50!”

“I give⟳ the pictures of the wife and the lawn boy to the husband. I give⟳ the pictures of the husband and the chippy to the wife.”

“Canby hints that, even with chippies, sexual intercourse was rare; even putting aside his complete⟳ lack of regard for the chippy as an actual human being, however, this passage makes clear that whatever did occur⟳ with these chippies may not have⟳ been as consensual as he presumed.⁷²”

“When Victor Laszlo leads the demoralized French in the “Marseilles^([sic – meaning Marseillaise]),” and even Yvonne, the chippy who is sleeping with a Nazi officer, joins in, the stoniest intellectual collapses in tears.”

“Huge queues form⟳ outside the Chippy, often stretching back to the Coop and beyond.”

“Albert was flabbergasted. Yer really buyin′ a chippy?” Tom smiled whilst nodding his head. “That′s me plan⟳.””

“In due time a nest-full of little chippies appear⟳ to be nourished with insectiverous^([sic]) food from a parental beak until fledged and able to look⟳ after themselves.”

“Surely no young chippy was ever so stout and so emphatic as this bird. The funny part of it all is that the starling appears to make⟳ the chippies do whatever it pleases.”

“How early in the season does the chippy appear⟳ and where does it spend⟳ the winter?”

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