nipper

Example Sentences

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The 61-year-old told how his father Keith won tickets to the 1966 final in a raffle and, although he was "only a nipper", he remembers the "noise and clackers" of the clash.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022

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

You should 'ear 'im!" and so forth and so on, till the red-whiskered man said quite crossly— "Seems to me you're a bit dotty about this 'ere extry double nipper.

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