Active, cheerful, lively.
1837–40. There sot Katey by the fire, lookin’ as bloomin’ as a rose, and as chipper as a canary bird.—Haliburton, ‘The Clockmaker,’ p. 236. (N.E.D.)
1871. She was jest as chirk and chipper as a wren, a wearin’ her little sun-bonnet.—Mrs. Stowe, ‘The Sullivan Looking Glass.’
1878. Sim ’s ben to college, and he’s putty smart and chipper.—H. B. Stowe, ‘Poganuc People,’ chap. iii.
