单词 | chippyhouse |
释义 | > as lemmaschippyhouse C1. U.S. As a modifier, forming nouns denoting a brothel or place where prostitutes work, as in chippyhouse, chippy joint, etc. ΚΠ 1895 Amer. Jrnl. Insanity Jan. 354 He overheard someone remark that ‘he had plenty of money, that his mother kept a chippy-house, and that he was a bastard’. 1929 T. Wolfe Look homeward, Angel (1930) xii. 254 Your place is getting the reputation of a regular chippyhouse. 1942 R. Haig-Brown Timber (1993) xiv. 197 Why in hell do we have to do this, go and break up a chippy joint and waste a whole evening? 1990 S. Morgan Homeboy ix. 63 A tenspot was his toll, more than twice the going rate, but the Troll's was hardly the regular chippy joint that got raided every week. < as lemmas |
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