Nippy

See also: nippy

English

Etymology

From nippy (“speedy”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪpi

Noun

Nippy (plural Nippies or Nippys)

1. (UK, historical) A waitress in a Lyons Corner House.
   • 2012, Judith Walkowitz, Nights Out: Life in Cosmopolitan London, page 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 […]

   • 2014, Paul Chrystal, Tea: A Very British Beverage:

     The Nippy became a national icon, symbolic of the girl next door, always approachable and proper; […]