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Definition of Nippiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nippiness
Literary usage of Nippiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1896)
"... the hunting field, or the polo ground, and as often as not, by his good looks,
manners, and nippiness he is hard to beat, whatever the game may be. ..."
2. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches: A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1901)
"... made the pony her favourite, we meet him everywhere, and by his good looks,
manners, and nippiness, he is the gentleman of his class. ..."
3. Boxing by R. G. Allanson-Winn (1897)
"The rather rigid strength of Jem Smith, the nippiness or nimbleness of Charlie
Mitchell, the various points of excellence in men like JL Sullivan, ..."
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