The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3873 Message #1981330
Posted By: Bert
27-Feb-07 - 08:30 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Nipperkin and a brown bowl (Barley Mow)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nipperkin and a brown bowl (Barley Mow)
Nipperkin may be obsolete, but it's shortened form 'nip'was in common use in England in the Fifties and was synonymous with 'tot'.