nippers

Example Sentences

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While a sombre mood lingers, children's surf club activities – known locally as "nippers" – resumed on Sunday as a sign of the community showing resilience.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Thousands of nippers ages 5 to 14 invade Australia’s beaches from October through March to race on the sand, swim deep into the ocean and practice using rescue boards.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2021

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

I ’ad six nippers, then I goes and leaves one on a bus, the eighty-eight up from Brixton.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan