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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

chippie n.²

also chippy, sub-chip

[SE colloq. phr. chip off the old block, or they have only just chipped in]

1. (US) a young person.

1937		Duckett & Staple ‘Double Feature’ in N.Y. Age 6 Mar. 7/2: Ruth Mitchell has admirers in chippie and sub-chippie classes [...] Butch White [...] seems to be the most persistent.
1938		Duckett ‘Double Feature’ in N.Y. Age 22 Jan. 7/2: Les Amigas group of charming sub-chips [...] have dug a up a new wrinkle in entertainment angles.
1969		B. Beckham My Main Mother 126: I’m thirty-six years old you know. I’m no young chippy.

2. (US) a beginner, an innocent.

1939		P. Di Donato Christ in Concrete 92: Such a sad little chippie is he.
1961		J. Scarne Complete Guide to Gambling.
1970		‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 50: They had so many damn clay-assed, two-bit chippies in Atlanta, the screws actually seemed to welcome a con with a reputation.