Brewer's: Nip

(A). As a “nip of whisky,” a “nip of brandy,” “just a nip.” A nipperkin was a small measure. (Dutch, nippen, a sip.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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