Editing Nippy (section)

{{Short description|Waitress at J. Lyons tea shops}}
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[[Image:Customers enjoying afternoon tea at Lyon's Corner House on Coventry Street, London, 1942. D6573.jpg|thumb|A 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 '''nippy''' was a  waitress who worked in the [[J. Lyons and Co.|J. Lyons & Co]] [[tea shop]]s and cafés in [[London]].  Beginning in the late 19th century, a J. Lyons waitress was called a "Gladys".  From 1926, because the waitresses [[wiktionary:nip#Etymology_4|nipped]] (moved quickly) around the tea shops, the term "Nippy" came into use.<ref>{{Cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/137071.stm
|publisher=BBC News
|date=July 22, 1998
|accessdate=2008-06-30
|title=Nipping to teashop bash}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,,1299989,00.html
|title=Still hungry after all these years
|newspaper=The Observer
|date=12 September 2004
|accessdate=2008-06-30
| location=London
| first=Rebecca
| last=Seal}}</ref> Nippies wore a distinctive maid-like uniform with a matching hat.