white chip

noun

, Chiefly Poker.

1. a white-colored chip having the lowest value ( blue chip ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of white chip¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

His play “The White Chip” is scheduled to reopen off-Broadway in February.

From Los Angeles Times

In Sean Daniels’s autobiographical “The White Chip,” the playwright’s problem is alcohol, something that cost him the top job at the Actors Theater of Louisville in 2011 after he showed up drunk to several events, including a board meeting to consider him for artistic director.

From New York Times

But, he said, the broader motivation for writing “The White Chip,” which opened Oct.

From New York Times

The play takes its name from the Alcoholics Anonymous sobriety-chip system; each of the many times Steven resolves to stop drinking, he gets a white chip.

From New York Times

Steven, the high-functioning, hard-core alcoholic at the center of Sean Daniels’s harrowing comedy “The White Chip,” is the kind of guy whose abundant scruffy charm allows him to get away with far too much.

From New York Times