sippy

See also: Sippy

English edit

sip +‎ -y

sippy (plural sippies)

(informal) A little sip; less than a serving of some particular drink
- 1999, Elaine May, Alan Arkin, Power Plays: Three One-Act Plays‎^[1], →ISBN, page 70:
  Would you like a little water, Sue? SUE. Well, perhaps a sippy. (SUE squirts some water into a paper cup.)
- 2002, David McKnight, From Hunting to Drinking, →ISBN, page 108:
  By going to the canteen as soon as it opened some people hoped to cadge money, or one or more cans, or at least a 'sippy'.