Nippy

The jaunty 1969 crime caper about the cockney casanova of crime who pulls off a bullion heist in Turin during an England versus Italy football match using three nippy Mini Coopers—red, white and blue—speaks of a forgotten age in England[…].

A Rolls Royce will not do if you need an economical, nippy car that is easy to park.

Small, nippy and ever present in the England set-up, the Fulham winger [Rachel Yankey] is one of the the^([sic]) most recognisable faces in the game.

Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves.

Raj took a deep breath, and reached out to give Armitage the gentlest little stroke. “It’s nippy out. Let’s take him inside.”

Hertfordshire: On a nippy day in our local wood, we found a field mouse. It was a mouse with a plan[.]

Spoiling may create a pushy, nippy dog that lacks confidence.

Lyon's Corner House¶ A postwar survivor of a prewar original, when the name Lyon's was a guarantee of quality eating. The Pret A Manger, Starbucks and Maison Blanc of its day, complete with black-uniformed, white-pinnied waitresses known as nippies.