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Definition of Nippiest
1. nippy [adj] - See also: nippy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nippiest
Literary usage of Nippiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1837)
"No, no, don't distress yourself; every thing will end satisfactorily, and Monday
fortnight will see me, I hope, the nippiest of men." " Three years ! ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1804)
"... with fine strokes of gallantry, and with the nippiest displays of wit and
sentiment. We are introduced to г lacy of a very superior mind, nnd of eminent ..."
3. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1871)
"Neither attempted to deceive.—London Orchestra. Tenors and Basses. The tenor I
take to be the nippiest man in the world, or, at least, he ought tn he. ..."
4. The Modern Practice of Physic: Exhibiting the Characters, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Thomas (1813)
"... at the breast communicates the contagion to its nurse, her nippiest und breasts
will be. the parts first affected; and on the contrary, where it is the ..."
5. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"And, cheer d by him, each loyal muse shall sing, The nippiest ¡«land, and the
greatest King. ACT I. SCENE I.—The Cuy. ..."
6. The New-York magazine; or, Literary repository (1796)
"... and who had sat next to him at the table, it I had the twentieth part of your
success this night, I should be the nippiest man in the universe. ..."
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