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chippie

[chip-ee] Origin

chip·py

1[chip-ee]
noun, plural -pies.
1.
Also, chip·pie. Slang.
a.
a promiscuous woman.
b.
a prostitute.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; chipp(ing sparrow) + -y2; def. 1 apparently derivative of this sense, or from chip2
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chippy or chippie3 (ˈtʃɪpɪ)
 
n , pl -pies
chipmunk an informal name for chipping sparrow
 
chippie or chippie3
 
n

chippy or chippie4 (ˈtʃɪpɪ)
 
n , pl -pies
informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) a promiscuous woman
 
[C19: perhaps from chip (n)]
 
chippie or chippie4
 
n
 
[C19: perhaps from chip (n)]

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chippy
"promiscuous young woman; prostitute," 1880, U.S. slang, earlier (1864) short for chipping-bird "sparrow," perhaps ultimately a variant of cheep.
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