n. pl. chip·pies 1. A chipping sparrow. 2. Slang A woman prostitute. [From CHIP2.] |
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adj. chip·pi·er, chip·pi·est Slang Inclined to fight; belligerent. [Probably dialectal English (northern England, Midlands) chip, to quarrel (from earlier ; akin to Middle Low German kippen, to stumble, knock over, and Icelandic kippa, to feel tipsy; possibly further akin to Lithuanian geibus, clumsy, awkward) + –Y1.] |
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