1918 Chicago Sunday Tribune 10 Feb. I am not given to recital of my own utterances which might be classed as ‘nifties’.

1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves vi. 145 Every time I started to pull a nifty, Sir Roderick swung round on me with such a piercing stare that it stopped me in my tracks.

1940 R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely 14 Poor old Nulty. Let's go on up and throw a couple of nifties at him.

1970 T. Southern Blue Movie i. i. 18 ‘All right, Teeny,’ he continued impatiently, ignoring the nifty, ‘come on now.’

1992 G. Vidal Live from Golgotha xii. 129 Not a bad line but pretty pale stuff compared to some of the nifties my predecessor, Pontious Pilate, got off.

1923 W. Collier & S. Bernard (title of musical show) Nifties of 1923.

1949 N.Y. Times 2 July 8 As played by Susan Hayward, she is a nifty to look at.

1973 Oui Apr. 112 One nubile nifty squinted over her sunglasses at me.

1865 B. Harte in Californian 3 June 9/3 Smart, you bet your life 'twas that! Nifty! Short for magnificat.

1882 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents at Home ii He was always nifty himself, and so you bet his funeral ain't going to be no slouch.

1899 Cent. Mag. Aug. 542 The Injun, that was a broad-shouldered buck..and nifty-looking, save the scar on his cheek, would stare at O'Shay.

1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap v. 213 Hetty..looking so fresh and nifty and feminine.

1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves iii. 32 Roville..is a fairly nifty spot where a chappie without encumbrances in the shape of aunts might spend a somewhat genial week or so.

1973 R. Hayes Hungarian Game xxxi. 184 ‘Try that coffee now. Tell me if you like it.’.. It was good. ‘It's nifty,’ I said.

1996 J. Turner Oyster (1997) 381 It was all pretty good at first, it really was, and lots of very nifty sheilas around.

1889 Overland Monthly Mar. 300 He's nifty to shoot; don't forgit it!

1907 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 ix. 107 I've heard of Smith of Topeka, an' he's mighty nifty with his hands.

1938 D. Smith Dear Octopus ii. i. 52 I'm very nifty on a step-ladder.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 35/4 Bruce Kelly scored a tying goal..on a nifty pass from John DeDiana.

1988 Tool World 83/1 This nifty tool not only is a stainless steel pocket knife,..it also contains a tightly wound, automatic retracting 30'' Tape.

2000 Irish Times (Electronic ed.) 26 Oct. What is clear is that Lotto Plus is a nifty way to lever an extra 50p out of punters' pockets.