They were starting to put out leaves, but it was still early spring and nippy here, so they mostly had just buds.
"Syndrome"
Thomas Hoover
It was a frosty nippy day, cloudy and with occasional gusts of wind, but nevertheless several of the runners wore cotton running trunks and short stockings, and the expanse of bare leg between hose and trunk required lots of rubbing and slapping to keep the blood in circulation.
"The Crimson Sweater"
Ralph Henry Barbour
Hit's a tol'able keen an' nippy mornin', hain't hit?
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck