clip-joint

A form of clip joint — 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.

Meanings

nounclip-joint (plural clip-joints)

plural clip-joints

  1. alternativeAlternative form of clip joint.

    "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
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APA

clip-joint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clip-joint

MLA

“clip-joint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clip-joint. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clip-joint,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clip-joint.

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