Thesaurus / nipper
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The creature was covered with short hairs, and had a pair of nipper-like jaws, with which he could inflict an ugly wound.
A MORTAL ANTIPATHYOLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR.The disposal of poor Nipper's earthly part was a tedious business, but it was accomplished finally.
PIPPIN; A WANDERING FLAMELAURA E. RICHARDSNipper Crewe's wheel, well known to every burglar in the state, with the finest kit of breakin' tools made by man hid away in it!
PIPPIN; A WANDERING FLAMELAURA E. RICHARDSHe is quite rightly prouder of that exploit than of all the Nipper's subsequent learning.
ESSAYS ON MODERN NOVELISTSWILLIAM LYON PHELPSDyou think you know more about fowls than I, who have handled them ever since I was a nipper?
ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMESA. CONAN DOYLEJim was gone for a sojer, it appeared, and Nipper was sent over the water.
RAVENSHOEHENRY KINGSLEYNipper was certainly the most intelligent of the whole canine race.
"OVER THERE" WITH THE AUSTRALIANSR. HUGH KNYVETTIn the end Nipper committed suicide, and this was the manner of his going.
"OVER THERE" WITH THE AUSTRALIANSR. HUGH KNYVETTHe saw Jasper in the very act of fitting a wire-nipper to one of the parallel wires of the aerial of the wireless.
THE MOTOR BOAT CLUB AND THE WIRELESSH. IRVING HANCOCKIn Messrs. Dobson and Barlow's nipper there is neither cloth nor leather on the cushion plate.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, NO. 481, MARCH 21, 1885VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO NIPPER
- adolescent
- anklebiter
- babe
- baby
- bairn
- bambino
- brat
- bud
- cherub
- chick
- cub
- descendant
- dickens
- imp
- infant
- innocent
- issue
- juvenile
- kid
- kiddie
- lamb
- little angel
- little darling
- little doll
- little one
- minor
- mite
- moppet
- neonate
- nestling
- newborn
- nipper
- nursling
- offspring
- preteen
- progeny
- pubescent
- shaver
- small fry
- sprout
- squirt
- stripling
- suckling
- tadpole
- teen
- teenager
- teenybopper
- toddler
- tyke
- urchin
- whippersnapper
- young one
- youngster
- youth
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