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

At this Jeanne ventured to begin; but her frame was so enfeebled that with the second sippet of bread she declared herself wearied.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile

Here he swallowed his buttered sippet very gracefully.

From Eugenie Grandet by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

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.

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