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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

Miles I'd yapped to her; even about my mother dying when I was a nipper....

From The Disturbing Charm by Berta Ruck




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