sippet

American  

[sip-it] / ˈsɪp ɪt /

noun

1. a small bit; fragment.

2. a small piece of bread or the like for dipping in liquid food, as in gravy or milk; a small sop.

3. a crouton.

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sippet British  

/ ˈsɪpɪt /

noun

1. a small piece of something, esp a piece of toast or fried bread eaten with soup or gravy

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Etymology

Origin of sippet

First recorded in 1520–30; sip + -et

Example Sentences

But the logomaniac's great joy in the O.E.D. is to wander through it looking for the glint of old coins: sippet, maumetry, floscule, gimmer, the wonderfully dark deathbird and night-hag.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here he swallowed his buttered sippet very gracefully.

From Eugenie Grandet by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

He, with his round, dumpy figure, leaned over the basin, devouring a sippet with each mouthful of broth.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile

Finally he finished his last sippet of bread steeped in soup, pushed aside his plate, helped himself to a plum, and looked around him.

From Orrain A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S.

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.

From The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh by Thackeray, William Makepeace