nipper

Example Sentences

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Geraldine Nordfelft, who brought her daughter to nippers, said "it was really important to return to whatever this new normal is as soon as we could".

From BBC

Above all, the nipper at The Oval reinforced what we knew beforehand.

From BBC

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.

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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.

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Some “nippers” crawled into crannies to chip away the coal.

From Literature