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nipper

[nip-er] / ˈnɪp ər /


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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

I'm pretty sure Nick Park saw this Tom and Jerry episode as a nipper.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2012

An' 'e says you're a Arden by rights, you nipper you, an' 'e wants to take you and bring you up along of his kids—so there's an end of you and me, Dickie, old boy.

From Harding's luck by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar


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