| 词汇 | a nip of whiskey |
| 词源 | a nip of whiskey. A nipperkin (possibly from the Dutch nypelkin) was a small container holding a half pint or less of liquor, usually wine or ale, the term being first recorded in 1694. Nipperkin was shortened to nip within a century or so and came to mean even less, no more than a shot glass full of spirits. |
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