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Nippy, n.|ˈnɪpɪ|
[f. the adj.]
Formerly, a waitress in one of the restaurants of J. Lyons & Co. Ltd., London; hence, any waitress.
1925Punch 11 Feb. 167/2, I can't mike up me mind weyver to be a lidy's 'elp or a ‘nippy’. 1941J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 39 Nippy, waitress. 1948G. V. Galwey Lift & Drop vi. 161 His hands stuck out in front of him like a Nippy carrying a tray. 1973Country Life 22 Nov. 1736/1 Biba's shiny black tea boxes have three Nippies in gold decorating the label. 1974W. Foley Child in Forest ii. 251 The big brightly lit clean teashop in Oxford Street where I worked as a Nippy. |