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Affectedly dainty or refined.

1
You're a brave lass for all your niminy-piminy lingo.
The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
2
"Rawchester!" exclaimed Lady Montfort, "what, 'Niminy-Piminy'?"
Endymion
3
"I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits!"
Little Women