clip joint

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounclip joint (plural clip joints)

plural clip joints · alternative clip-joint · alternative clipjoint

  1. informalAn 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."

    2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo

Origin

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

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APA

clip joint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clip%20joint

MLA

“clip joint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clip%20joint. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clip joint,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clip%20joint.

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