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The answer NIPPY has 87 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of nippy in various dictionaries:
adj - a sharp biting taste
adj - pleasantly cold and invigorating
Tending to nip: an exuberant, nippy puppy.
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It can describe the chilled morning air or a pooch prone to biting |
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pleasantly cold and invigorating |
a waitress in any of the restaurants of J. Lyons Co. Ltd in London from about 1920 to 1950. |
(of the weather) chilly. |
Tending to nip: an exuberant, nippy puppy. |
Sharp or biting: nippy cheese. |
Bitingly cold: a nippy fall day. |
able to change speed and direction easily: |
Nippy weather or air is quite cold: |
cold: |
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A nippy was a waitress who worked in the J. Lyons & Co tea shops and cafés in London. Beginning in the late 19th century, a J. Lyons waitress was called a "Gladys". From 1926, because the waitresses nipped (moved quickly) around the tea shops, and the term "Nippy" came into use. Nippies wore a distinctive maid-like uniform with a matching hat. |