tippies

Noun

tippy (plural tippies)

1. (colloquial, obsolete, slang) A dandy.
   • Is his dreſs, as we may preſume it will be, elegant; exhibiting no articles of apparel but ſuch as are “All the rage?” he is “Quite the tippy.”1798, “Whimſical Peculiarities of Expreſſion”, in The Monthly Magazine and British Register, v 6, London: R. Phillips, p 173

   Synonyms:

   cockscomb, fop, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, dandy, dike

2. (absolute, colloquial, obsolete, slang) Something at the height of fashion, excellent, cool.
   • I underſtand, however, that there is a diſtinction between theſe names in the city and St. James's; in the latter place you may find faſhion in the characters of the ton, the taſte, the etiquette, &c. in the city they are all the tippy, the thing, the ſort, &c. and pretty things they are, Heaven...1802, “Ladies Literature”, in New England Quarterly Magazine, volume 2, Boston, page 225

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