nipless

English

Etymology

nip +‎ -less

Adjective

nipless (not comparable)

1. With a nip or nips (in various senses).
   • 1918, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 185, Philadelphia: The Franklin Institute, page 491:

     [A]ll of these series of springs were built with leaves that were practically "nipless".

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 16:

     Just to spite himself, he stowed the bottle away in his bag and went nipless to bed.

   • 1952 May 1, The Argus, Melbourne, page 2:

     Nipless. Remember the lad who smashed a Spencer st. wine saloon window to get his weekend nip?