nipper

Example Sentences

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Above all, the nipper at The Oval reinforced what we knew beforehand.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

My family recently got a new puppy, a strong-willed and mouthy but ultimately lovable little nipper.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2021

Then she snipped away part of the hoof wall with a nipper.

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2015

As a nipper, when I was told he was popping out to the Salvation Army, I believed that was where he was headed.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2012

It seemed a' ready-money; it was just nipper after nipper—that is, glass after glass, owre the counter—the money down, and done wi' it.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various