subs. (old).—See quots. Also KIPSEY.
1754. MARTIN, English Dictionary, 2nd ed., s.v. KIBSY, a sort of wicker basket.
1879. J. W. HORSLEY, ‘Autobiography of a Thief,’ in Macmillan’s Magazine, XL., 501. I was coming home with my KIPSY (basket).
1893. P. H. EMERSON, Signor Lippo, XIV. After tea Blower said, ‘Now you must lay in your KIPSEY.’
