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whippersnapper
noun as in boy
noun as in brat
Strong matches
noun as in child
noun as in enfant terrible
noun as in holy terror
Weak matches
Example Sentences
News flash: We senior citizens have something you young whippersnappers don’t: the wisdom and judgment that comes from experience.
The whippersnapper was about 5 to 7 years old, some 4 meters long, and weighed about 350 kilograms—as much as a large domestic pig, and about 1/10 the heft of its parent.
Biden aides and allies argue that such critics miss the point - that Biden never set out merely keep the seat warm for the whippersnappers to follow, nor does he believe he’s finished the job.
Biden aides and allies argue that such critics miss the point — that Biden never set out merely keep the seat warm for the whippersnappers to follow, nor does he believe he’s finished the job.
I’m pretty sure I learned about it when someone mentioned it in the context of features that have been around so long that young whippersnappers like me have never even heard of them.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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