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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†CLIPPIE, n.2
1. “A person with too neat cut clothes” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 137).
2. A shorn sheep.Slk. 1829 Hogg Shepherd's Calendar I. ii.:
The unshorn sheep broke out, and got away to the hill among the lambs and the clippies.
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