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What (who) is NIPPY - definition
WAITRESS AT J. LYONS TEA SHOPS
Nippy (musical)
![A Lyons Corner House recreated in the [[Museum of London]] uses back-projected film of a Nippy serving customers](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lyons Corner House recreation, Museum of London.JPG?width=200 "A Lyons Corner House recreated in the [[Museum of London]] uses back-projected film of a Nippy serving customers")
nippy
1.
If the weather is nippy, it is rather cold. (INFORMAL)
It could get suddenly nippy in the evenings.
= chilly
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
2.
If you describe something or someone as nippy, you mean that they can move very quickly over short distances. (BRIT INFORMAL)
This nippy new car has fold down rear seats...
ADJ
nippy
¦ adjective (nippier, nippiest) informal
1. Brit. able to move quickly; nimble.
2. (of weather) chilly.
3. Scottish & Canadian (of food) sharp-tasting; tangy.
Derivatives
nippily adverb
nippiness noun
Nippy Bus
![[[Iveco Turbo Daily]] in [[Yeovil]] in June 2013](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S923 KOD Iveco Turbo Daily, Yeovil, 12-6-13 (9033095070).jpg?width=200 "[[Iveco Turbo Daily]] in [[Yeovil]] in June 2013")
![Mercedes-Benz]] O1120L in Castle Green, [[Taunton]] in June 2012](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taunton Castel Green - Nippy Bus X757HVL.jpg?width=200 "Mercedes-Benz]] O1120L in Castle Green, [[Taunton]] in June 2012")
BRITISH BUS OPERATING COMPANY
Nippy BusCompanies House extract company no 5081015 Nippy Bus Limited was a privately owned bus company operating services in Somerset, England. It operated local town services in Yeovil under contract to the Somerset County Council as well as rural services.
Wikipedia
Nippy
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, the term "Nippy" came into use. Nippies wore a distinctive maid-like uniform with a matching hat.
Examples of use of NIPPY
1. I kept them there for those mornings when it was nippy on the golf course.
2. They are getting ready for trouble between a pair of nippy foals.
3. The bins are intended to be used outdoors, but wormery women often sneak them inside if the weather looks nippy.
4. Over the next four weeks temperatures will struggle to reach a nippy 12c (53f). Look here too...
5. It was a bit nippy outside, and court managers decided the rooms inside were too parky to dispense law and order.