nippers
Example Sentences
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Yes, they were nippers rather than thrashings, but England lost three times in the 2019 group stage before ending the tournament in glory.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
In a future round of testing, we’ll be comparing the Tweezerman model against other top-rated, best-selling nippers.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2018
The royal corgis have included a few notorious little nippers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2018
The counter space has a dizzying display of nail cutters, splitters and nippers, most of which are made by the Biancos.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2018
I ’ad six nippers, then I goes and leaves one on a bus, the eighty-eight up from Brixton.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
