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whippersnapper

[hwip-er-snap-er, wip-] / ˈʰwɪp ərˌsnæp ər, ˈwɪp- /






NOUN
pipsqueak
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Downhill runners on the Green Mountain's Whippersnapper Trail, by dropping a coin in a box at the starting line, can find their time�registered in split seconds�in a box at the finish line.

From Time Magazine Archive

"By my sowl thin, you know betther thoughts than your own, Mr. Whippersnapper, if that's the name you go by."

From Stories of Comedy by Johnson, Rossiter

On Tuesday evening Prince Whippersnapper makes his appearance, and my reign is over.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace




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