Nippy

nippy English Alternative forms en nippy Etymology From en nippy speedy. Pronunciation en ɪpi 2 Noun + s en UK historical A waitress in a Lyons Corner House. en 1927 Dorothy Sayers Unnatural Death https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/dorothy-l-sayers/unnatural-death/text/chapter-6 He reached across to the breakfast-table for the Daily Yell which was propped against the marmalade jar, and read with pursed lips a paragraph whose heavily leaded headlines had caught his eye, just before the interruption of the kipper episode.“Nippy” Found Dead in Epping Forest[…]“Did the landlady mention where Bertha Gotobed was employed?”“Yes⁠—she was a waitress at the Corner House. […]” https://web.archive.org/web/20260201083533/https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/dorothy-l-sayers/unnatural-death/text/chapter-6 1 February 2026 en 2012 Judith Walkowitz Nights Out: Life in Cosmopolitan London 195 It was the task of the Lyons' waitress, the Nippy, groomed and trained by the management to be an efficient public servant, to mediate between patrons and the establishment as well as between different classes and tastes en 2014 Paul Chrystal Tea: A Very British Beverage The Nippy became a national icon, symbolic of the girl next door, always approachable and proper; en 2-syllable words