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clip-joint slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈklɪpdʒɔɪnt|
[f. clip v.2 9 + joint n. 14.]
A club, bar, etc., charging exorbitant prices (see quot. 1964). Also transf.
1933S. Walker Night Club Era 218 The worst creature, of all the army of parasites who carried on their trade along Broadway during the speakeasy period, was the proprietor of the ‘clip joint’... The clip joint preys on the New Yorker and the out of town sport alike. 1940J. E. Gloag Unwilling Adv. xxv. 180 Clip joints,..places where a lot of dough is lifted off you if you don't zip down your pockets. 1952New Yorker 6 Dec. 56/2 A real-estate clip joint called the Charpon Land Syndicate. a1953Dylan Thomas Quite early one Morning (1954) 39 A raid by the vice-squad on a clip-joint for retired rod-men. 1957E. Hyams Into Dream 44 ‘How do you like the lycée?’ ‘Frankly, it's pretty awful really, sir. A sort of scholastic clip-joint.’ 1964Daily Tel. 11 June 1/8 The ‘clip joints’ specialise in luring customers inside, by means of attractive showcards and insistent ‘hostesses’, and then fleecing them. |