chippy

suomi-englanti sanakirja

chippy englanniksi

A carpenter. (defdate)
(quote-book)
A prostitute or promiscuous woman. (defdate)
(RQ:Selby Last Exit)
(quote-av)
(quote-web),” and even Yvonne, the chippy who is sleeping with a Nazi officer, joins in, the stoniest intellectual collapses in tears.
A and chips|fish-and-chip shop. (defdate)

(syn)

The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.
A chip.
A chiptune.
A sparrow.
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An occasional drug habit, less than addiction.
Ill-tempered, disagreeable.
(RQ:Hollinghurst Line)
Involving violence or unfair play.
2007, Canadian Interuniversity Sport, cisport.ca,

The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns and University of Saskatchewan Huskies battled to a 1-1 draw in a chippy Canada West men’s soccer affair that saw the teams combine for 33 fouls and five yellow cards.

Tending to form chips when cut, rather than larger, more usable pieces of wood.
As dry as a chip of wood.
Feeling sick from drinking alcohol; hungover.
To take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict. (defdate)
(RQ:William Burroughs Letters)
1974, Eric Josephson, Eleanor Elizabeth Carroll, Columbia University. School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, ''Drug use: epidemiological and sociological approaches'' (page 110)

The heroin user in the United States typically "chippies" for some time before becoming a regular user.

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