nipper

Example Sentences

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When they were back at the same ground six years later to the day on Monday, a nipper of a third Test against India to win, the pace bowler did not realise the significance.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 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 Charlie, Jack Costello is proficient but looks too sleek and pipes too politely for a nipper on the edge of starvation.

From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2013

"You'll be too fine presently to speak to the likes of us, you nipper," said Beale, when a smart little pony cart had brought Dickie back to the cottage.

From Harding's luck by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)