nipper
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 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
Riesel-iron, rē′zel-ī′urn, n. a kind of nipper used to remove irregularities from the edges of glass.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
