nipper

Example Sentences

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The 61-year-old told how his father Keith won tickets to the 1966 final in a raffle and, although he was "only a nipper", he remembers the "noise and clackers" of the clash.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022

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

I don't know if Dunne was a Liverpool supporter as a nipper but something there is that turns him into a beast against Liverpool.

From The Guardian • Dec. 6, 2010

Step up an' take a nipper, sir; I'm dreffle glad to see ye"; But now it's "Ware's my eppylet? here, Sawin, step an' fetch it!

From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell