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
I'm pretty sure Nick Park saw this Tom and Jerry episode as a nipper.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2012
After the combs have passed successively through the overhanging fringe of fibres, the nipper opens and a fresh length of about 3⁄16 to 4⁄10 of an inch is fed in.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
