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nipper

[nip-er] / ˈnɪp ər /


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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

Photograph: Guardian Years ago, when the Fiver was a nipper, Granny Fiver used to take us down the shops every day.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2011

An' 'e says you're a Arden by rights, you nipper you, an' 'e wants to take you and bring you up along of his kids—so there's an end of you and me, Dickie, old boy.

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




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