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chippies

noun

plural of chippie

as in prostitutes

a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman detectives wanted to talk to the chippies who were regulars at the bar—to learn if they had seen anything

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They were all also alleged to have been prostitutes, though recent scholarship has challenged that assertion.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
His guilty plea comes less than a month after another Penn Track pimp, Omari Scott, 45, got a 50-year sentence for ordering the murder of a rival who tried to poach one of his prostitutes.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

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The scene inspired future comedy gags showing drifters and tramps losing their pants to dogs chasing them.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026
Told in a lingua franca of philosophy and academic jargon, Lucky’s speech has something to do with the collapse of reason and logic, and the futility of human progress, which is ultimately what tramps Estragon (Reeves) and Vladimir (Winter) are up against, too.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2025

Definition of tramps

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Ranging from the sound of emergency sirens and birds screeching to low grunts and guttural hoots, their vocalizations reverberate from a sanctuary in the hot, dry hills of the Santa Clarita Valley, north of Los Angeles.

— Jaimie Ding, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Smog, sweat, subway delays and sirens create a famous combo of discomfort that many try to avoid.

— Sidney Madden, VIBE.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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