tippy

1. (obsolete, colloquial or slang) A dandy.Examples: "Is his dreſs, as we may preſume it will be, elegant; exhibiting no articles of apparel but ſuch as are “All the rage?” he is “Quite the tippy.”"Synonyms: cockscomb, fop, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knightcolloquialobsoleteslang

2. (obsolete, colloquial or slang, absolute, with the) Something at the height of fashion, excellent, cool.Examples: "I underſtand, however, that there is a diſtinction between theſe names in the city and St. James's; in the latter place you may find faſhion in the characters of the ton, the taſte, the etiquette, &c. in the city they are all the tippy, the thing, the ſort, &c. and pretty things they are, Heaven knowns! [sic]—with a ſort of a cane, which being twelve inches long, one blow of an Iriſhman's ſhillalagh would drive twelve yards away."; "The wig's the thing, the wig, the wig, / Be of the ton a natty sprig, / The thing, the tippy and the twig, / Nor heed who are the truly wise, / For after all, in vulgar eyes, / The wisdom's in the wig."; "Rent! you boor!—That, for Sir Hubert!—[Snapping his Fingers.] Ah! Nabob's servants be the tippy—Every thing be done by them so genteely."absolutecolloquialobsoleteslang

1. (Canada, US) Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.CanadaUS