clip-jointslang (orig.U.S.).|ˈklɪpdʒɔɪnt|[f.clip v.² 9 + jointn.14.]A club, bar, etc., charging exorbitant prices(seequot.1964). Also transf.1933S. WalkerNight Club Era 218The worst creature, of all the army of parasites who carried on their trade along Broadway during the speakeasy period, was the proprietor of the ‘clip joint’... The clip joint preys on the New Yorker and the out of town sport alike.1940J. E. GloagUnwillingAdv.xxv. 180Clip joints,..places where a lot of dough is lifted off you if you don't zip down your pockets.1952New Yorker 6 Dec. 56/2A real-estate clip joint called the Charpon Land Syndicate.a1953Dylan ThomasQuite early one Morning (1954) 39A raid by the vice-squad on a clip-joint for retired rod-men.1957E. HyamsInto Dream 44‘How do you like the lycée?’ ‘Frankly, it's pretty awful really, sir. A sort of scholastic clip-joint.’1964DailyTel.11 June 1/8The ‘clip joints’ specialise in luring customers inside, by means of attractive showcards and insistent ‘hostesses’, and then fleecing them.