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"Whilst we were talking," Mr. Lambert resumed, "my sister Theodosia made her appearance, I must say very much agitated and pale, kissed our father, and sate down at his side, and took a sippet of toast -- (my dear

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  1. noun A small piece of toast or bread soaked in gravy or other liquid or used as a garnish.

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  • George, this port is excellent, and I drink your health) -- and took a sippet of toast and dipped it in his negus. —  The Virginians
  • And the King flung a sippet of toast after him as he added: 'I am hedged in with robbers.' —  Orrain A Romance
  • He, with his round, dumpy figure, leaned over the basin, devouring a sippet with each mouthful of broth. —  A Love Episode
  • "Whilst we were talking," Mr. Lambert resumed, "my sister Theodosia made her appearance, I must say very much agitated and pale, kissed our father, and sate down at his side, and took a sippet of toast -- (my dear —  The Virginians
  • The only time that woman is happy is when she comes in of a morning to the little boys 'dormitories with a cup of hot Epsom salts, and a sippet of bread. —  The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh
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  1. From sip, alteration of sop.

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  1. Formerly also sippit; early modern English syppet; from sip or sop (with vowel-change as in sip) + -et.
 

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