nippy

　 　

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1. a sharp biting taste; "a nippy cheese"
2. give a small sharp bite to; "The Queens corgis always nip at her staffs ankles"
3. a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" (同)shot
4. a small sharp bite or snip (同)pinch
5. a tart spicy quality (同)piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest
6. sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" (同)nip off, clip, snip, snip off

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1. すばしこい / 身を切るような / ぴりっとくる
2. 《話》痛烈な,ぶっきらぼうな,横柄な / 断片的な,切れ切れの,寄せ集めの
3. …‘を'はさむ,つねる,ぎゅっとかむ / (…から)…‘を'摘み取る,はさみ切る《+『of』+『名』(+『名』+『off』)+『from』+『名』》 / 《まれ》…‘を'宿みあがらせる,ずきっと痛くする / ‘を'成長(進展)を止める / はさむ,つねる,かむ / 《おもに英話》《方向などを表す副詞を伴って》すばやく動く,急ぐ / 〈U〉〈C〉はさむ(つまむ,かむ)こと / 〈I〉《しばしばa~》膚を刺す寒さ / 〈U〉《しばしばa~》《米》強い(刺激的な)味,つんと鼻にくる風味 / 〈U〉〈C〉《英話》急ぐこと
4. 酒の一口,すすり
5. (風・寒さなどが)身を切るように冷たい / (言葉・調子などが)辛らつな

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This article is about J. Lyons waitresses. For the baby accessory, see pacifier.

An older waitress in the iconic nippy uniform brings cakes to the table of customers enjoying afternoon tea at a Lyon's Corner House, London, 1942

A Lyons Corner House recreated in the Museum of London uses back-projected film of a nippy serving customers

A nippy was a waitress who worked in the J. Lyons & Co tea shops and cafes 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, and the term "Nippy" came into use. Nippies wore a distinctive maid-like uniform with a matching hat.

Image and reality

By the 1920s it was already long established in the advertising world that attractive females could sell products, and the tea business of J Lyons & Co was no exception. Nippies appeared in all manner of advertising, on product packages, and on promotional items. The Nippy soon became a national icon. Unlike other endorsements of the day, which often took the form of popular celebrities or cartoon characters, a Nippy was accessible and close to home. A Nippy was someone who could be seen and interacted with every day, and perhaps this was part of the appeal of the concept. J. Lyons was very careful to maintain the Nippy image as wholesome and proper — strict cleanliness standards applied for Nippy uniforms, and before World War II J. Lyons would not hire married women as Nippies. So popular was the image that miniature Nippy outfits were popular for children dressing up for special events such as fetes.

Typical pay and conditions

In the mid 1930s, for example in Brighton, a Nippy worked 54 hours per week (11.45a.m. to 11.45p.m.), for 26 shillings per week (£1.30), with 2/6 (two shillings and sixpence, £0.125) extra for working at weekends. She had to pay for the laundering of her uniform, which was made of bombazine type material with red buttons from the neck downwards.

In popular culture

The British prime minister Margaret Thatcher worked at J. Lyons & Co for a brief period in the late 1940s as a research chemist at their laboratories in Hammersmith, London. So, while she was a female employee of J. Lyons & Co during the period when Nippies existed, contrary to myth Thatcher was never a Nippy herself.

In an episode of the sitcom Are You Being Served? entitled "The Junior", the character Mrs. Slocombe was embarrassed that she used to work as a nippy.

In Dorothy Sayers's 1927 mystery novel Unnatural Death, when a young woman's body is found the "Daily Yell" newspaper prints the story under the headline "'Nippy' Found Dead in Epping Forest."

Nippy, the musical

In 1930, the nippy concept was adapted into a hit musical comedy called Nippy, produced at the Golders Green Hippodrome. Popular actress Binnie Hale played the nippy in question. The book was written by Arthur Wimperis and Austin Melford, Billy Mayerl wrote the music, and Wimperis and Frank Eyton wrote the lyrics. Several records were released with songs from the musical, such as the title song and the lively "The Toy Town Party" sung in the show by Hale. Another of Mayerl's lesser known but attractive melodies from the show was "It must be you".

References

English Journal

• Secondary failure of nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation using the Monnal D: effects of changing ventilator.

• Smith IE, Shneerson JM.SourceRespiratory Support and Sleep Centre, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
• Thorax.Thorax.1997 Jan;52(1):89-91.
• BACKGROUND: Some patients started on nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) with the Monnal D ventilator deteriorate after a period. The effects of changing them to the Nippy ventilator were investigated.METHODS: The records of such patients were examined retrospectively. Compariso
• PMID 9039243

• A laboratory comparison of four positive pressure ventilators used in the home.

• Smith IE, Shneerson JM.SourceThe Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
• The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology.Eur Respir J.1996 Nov;9(11):2410-5.
• Four brands of ventilator used for noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in the home were assessed to determine their performance on a patient simulator. We tested the tidal volume (VT) preset Companion 2801 (Puritan Bennett), minute volume preset Monnal D (Taema), and two pressure preset ventil
• PMID 8947092

Japanese Journal

• 鼻マスク陽圧換気法を長期人工呼吸療法として導入した慢性呼吸不全41症例の検討

• 坪井 知正,大井 元晴,陳 和夫,野口 哲男,北 英夫,大塚 直紀,関野 一,村尾 仁,栗山 隆信,久野 健志
• 日本胸部疾患学会雑誌 = The Japanese journal of thoracic diseases 34(9), 959-967, 1996-09-25
• NAID 10008110903

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• つねる、はさむ、かむ(at)。(風・寒さなどが)身を刺す

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