- clip joint
- [ʹklıp͵dʒɔınt] амер. сл.
1. притон, обираловка (о сомнительном ночном клубе и т. п.)2. дорогой магазин или ресторан
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
clip joint
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clip joint — n informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: clip to charge too much money, cheat (1900 2000), from CLIP22] a ↑nightclub that charges an unfairly high price for drinks … Dictionary of contemporary English
clip joint — clip ,joint noun count INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED a store, restaurant, or NIGHTCLUB that is too expensive … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
clip joint — clip′ joint n. cvb sts Slang. a business, esp. a place of entertainment, that makes a practice of overcharging or cheating customers • Etymology: 1930–35 … From formal English to slang
clip joint — ☆ clip joint n. Slang a nightclub, restaurant, store, etc. that charges excessive prices … English World dictionary
Clip joint — A clip joint or fleshpot is an establishment, usually a strip club or entertainment bar, typically one claiming to offer adult entertainment or bottle service, in which customers are tricked into paying money and receive poor goods or services,… … Wikipedia
clip joint — noun a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment • Hypernyms: ↑spot * * * noun Etymology: clip (III) slang 1. : a place of public entertainment (as a café or nightclub) that makes a practice of defr … Useful english dictionary
clip joint — {n.}, {slang} A low class night club or other business where people are cheated. * /The man got drunk and lost all his money in a clip joint./ * /The angry woman said the store was a clip joint./ … Dictionary of American idioms
clip joint — {n.}, {slang} A low class night club or other business where people are cheated. * /The man got drunk and lost all his money in a clip joint./ * /The angry woman said the store was a clip joint./ … Dictionary of American idioms
clip\ joint — noun slang A low class night club or other business where people are cheated. The man got drunk and lost all his money in a clip joint. The angry woman said the store was a clip joint … Словарь американских идиом
clip joint — n. a business establishment that cheats customers. □ That place is a clip joint. Stay away. □ The clip joint on Fourth Street was busted last night … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
clip joint — a low class business where people are cheated They went into a clip joint near the bus station and had to pay a lot of money … Idioms and examples
