clip joint

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clip joint

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From clip (“to cheat, swindle, or fleece”) and joint (“disparaging US slang for a place of business”).

noun clip joints · clip-joint · clipjoint

informal An establishment, usually a strip club or bar, in which customers are tricked into paying money only to receive poor goods or services or none at all. "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."

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@misc{clip_joint_2026,
  title = {clip joint},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clip%20joint},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}