nippy

“The jaunty 1969 crime caper about the cockney casanova of crime who pulls off a bullion heist in Turin during an England versus Italy football match using three nippy Mini Coopers—red, white and blue—speaks of a forgotten age in England[…].”

“A Rolls Royce will not do if you need an economical, nippy car that is easy to park.”

“Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves.”

“Raj took a deep breath, and reached out to give Armitage the gentlest little stroke. “It’s nippy out. Let’s take him inside.””

“Spoiling may create a pushy, nippy dog that lacks confidence.”

“He reached across to the breakfast-table for the Daily Yell which was propped against the marmalade jar, and read with pursed lips a paragraph whose heavily leaded headlines had caught his eye, just before the interruption of the kipper episode. “Nippy” Found Dead in Epping Forest […] “Did the landlady mention where Bertha Gotobed was employed?” “Yes⁠—she was a waitress at the Corner House. […]””

“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 […]”