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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LIPPIE, n.² A glass full to the brim with drink, a brimming bumper (Ayr.⁴ 1928).Ayr. 1822 Galt Entail lxxviii.:
I'll gie you a toast, a thing which, but at an occasion, I ne'er think o' minting, and this toast ye maun a' mak a lippy.Gall. 1899 Crockett Anna Mark xxvi.:
Get a lippie or twa o' Hollands oot o' a bit corner cupboard.Ayr. 1913 J. Service Memorables 63:
When we had ta'en a lippy thegither.