Nips

Most local bites would be better described as nips or nibbles, Burgess said earlier this week. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When Jack Frost "nips" at your nose, he really bites hard! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Others would mutter under their breath about WWII, and some would make remarks (to each other, not to our faces, but loud enough to be overheard) about "nips" and "chinkies". ❋ Laban (2004)

Others would mutter under their breath about WWII, and some would make remarks to each other, not to our faces, but loud enough to be overheard about "nips" and "chinkies". ❋ Laban (2004)

The agent waxed more and more polite as the bottle emptied, regretted the want of room, regaled himself with frequent "nips," and me with anecdotes of a professional nature. ❋ T. C. DeLeon (N/A)

Massachusetts, it is said, is very sly about the liquor business, and takes her "nips," regularly, behind the door. ❋ Various (N/A)

Murphy took frequent "nips" from a flask, which he offered generously to his companions each time before he put it to his mouth. ❋ James H. Richardson (N/A)

Here Colonel Stanham Buckley waked each morning with the cold clutch of fear at his heart; fortified himself with incessant 'nips' throughout the day; and left the bulk of the work to a cheery little Adjutant, untroubled by the sorrowful great gift of imagination. ❋ Maud Diver (1906)

For not one in fifty of those who take "nips" and "coolers," cared for the taste of the perilous stuff at the first or twentieth trial. ❋ Marion Harland (1876)

London was very slow work, had contracted the habit of taking whisky a little more frequently, and had even -- not unnoticed by Mr. Dabb -- provided himself with a small flask, from which he was accustomed to solace himself by "nips" during business hours when he thought he was not seen. ❋ Mark Rutherford (1872)

At all events, they could not be _more_ self-sacrificing than my friends in fustian jackets have always proved themselves, and on this particular evening the landlord of the inn was so amazed at the orders for tea and coffee instead of the usual "nips" of spirits, that he was constrained to inquire the reason. ❋ Unknown (1871)

When Macquart was late, they often became intoxicated by the many "nips" they thus thoughtlessly imbibed. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)

I even remarked to Rosemary that the 'nips' were smaller too. ❋ Iheartsl Community Blog (2010)

To get the infusion of rum, we mixed in a couple tablespoons worth into the wet ingredients - if you'd rather not use rum or don't want to buy any for just two tablespoons (those "nips" you can find would work well here!), you could certainly use rum extract, but lower the dose to 2 teaspoons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"nips," and were frequently driven close to the shore, from which their dear friend the iceberg, small though he was, kept them off. ❋ Unknown (1859)

Then he will be whisked by air shuttle to Ottawa to sample a Beaver Tail, and thence to Winnipeg to scarf down a couple of nips (just kidding). ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'll be sending "The Maltese Unicorn" off to the anthology's editor today, after a very few last minute nips and tucks. ❋ Nineweaving (2010)

Yeah a clinically depressed police officer of many years experience, nips into work and drowns in bureaucracy. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)