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
Plenty to keep the nipper eager for a footy fix occupied on Christmas Day.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2010
“Yes, dear boy, and our nipper shall go over every morning, and put Murrams’s bowl of milk in through the broken pane.”
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables
