"Pip is that hearty welcome," said Joe, "to go free with his services, to honour and fortun', as no words can tell him.

Pip are Colonel Kemp, Wagstaffe, Bobby Little, and Angus M'Lachlan.

Pip, the hero, who, as a child, "was brought up by hand," and who appears so far to be led by it,thus illustrating the pernicious effect in manhood of that mode of taking nourishment in infancy,is a delicious creation, quite equal to David Copperfield.

The pip is a white horny skin growing on the tip of the bird's tongue.