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drip
noun- a person lacking in social skills, fashion sense or both; a simpleton, a fool US, 1932
- — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Dictionary, p. 9, 1945
- “Damn ’em, this guy was supposed to be a drip. Easy, the son of a bitch said. He’d shake in his shoes if you yelled at ’im.” — Mickey Spillane, The Long Wait, p. 74, 1951
- In Detroit, someone who once would be called a drip or a square is now, regrettably, a nerd, or in a less severe case, a scurve. — Newsweek, 8 October 1951
- In the ring the joey [clown] was a “drip” (useless chap) from the “gaffs” (fairgrounds). — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 31, 1953
- Ginnie openly considered Selena the biggest drip at Miss Basehoar’s[.] — J.D. Salinger, Nine Stories, p. 39, 1953
- She had called him a drip, a creep, and a primate and had said that the best thing he could do for her was to join the French Foreign Legion. — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 202, 1957
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 109, 1968
- George W. Bush is, as one friend called him, a “drip” who couldn’t get a date? — Nerve, p. 15, October-November 2000
- coffee US
- Harry headed for the Ron-Ric Cafe for a cup of coffee, the worst drip in Uptown, or all of town, black and filmy, bitter because the pots were never cleaned. — William Brashler, City Dogs, p. 32, 1976
▶ the drip
the payment of money owed in instalment payments AUSTRALIA- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 24, 1989
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