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whippersnapper

[ hwip-er-snap-er, wip- ]

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noun

whippersnapper

/ ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə /

an insignificant but pretentious or cheeky person, often a young one Also calledwhipster

1665–75; probably blend of earlier whipster and snippersnapper, similar in sense; whip, snap, -er ¹

C17: probably from whipsnapper a person who snaps whips, influenced by earlier snippersnapper, of obscure origin

We meet our snapper first as a whippersnapper—shot by who knows?

Here is the proof: even as a whippersnapper, young Rand seemed to love the cornea.

"This Desmarais is himself the hero of that episode you refer to—the very same whippersnapper," answered the Count.

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

You don't mean to say, Aaron Bickford, that you let a whippersnapper like that defy you?

He had not been eating much lately—he had better get that little whippersnapper who attended Holly to give him a tonic.

What any decent, respectable, hard-working man would do,—bring back the girl and horsewhip that whippersnapper.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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