clippie,clippycolloq.|ˈklɪpɪ|[f.clip v.2 (with allusion to the clipping of tickets) + -ie, -y6.]A bus-conductress.1941New Statesman 30 Aug. 218/3Clippy, bus conductress.
1946NewsChron.27 Feb.,London's 26,000 busmen and clippies are seriously perturbed at the bad name they are getting with the travelling public.
1959G. UsherDeath in Bag i. 6An ex-clippie on a local bus.
