The clipper ship is called clipper ship because it was considered fast and quickly, clip means fast and quick so it is called the clipper ship.
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Clipper, name applied to a ship to indicate that it is a very fast sailer. The term, probably derived from the verb clip (to move quickly), was first used in the United States soon after the War of 1812 and was applied to the type of vessel formerly described as Virginia built or of pilot boat construction. After the 1830s the term clipper was adopted to mean any fast ship.
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