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nipcheese|ˈnɪptʃiːz|
[See nip v. 13.]
†1. slang. A ship's purser. Obs.
1785Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Nip cheese, a nick name for the purser of a ship. 1791–3Spirit Public Jrnls. (1799) I. 21 The wonderful rise of this quondam nip-cheese has made him very proud of his own abilities. 1837Marryat Perc. Keene xiii, ‘That's our nipcheese.’ ‘Nipcheese!’ ‘Yes; nipcheese means purser of the ship.’
2. A mean or miserly person.
1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Nip-cheese, a contemptuous designation for a parsimonious, covetous person. 1864Sala in Temple Bar Jan. 183 Small good..has the tasteless agitation of these churlish nipcheeses done them.
3. attrib. Mean, miserly, niggardly.
1819Hermit in London I. 66 Like a nip-cheese purser of a man of war. 1860Sala Lady Chesterfield v, This nip⁓cheese, candle-end saving, pebble-peeling..principle. |