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nipper
[ nip-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that nips.
- Usually nippers. a device for nipping, as pincers or forceps.
- one of the two large claws of a crustacean.
- nippers, Older Slang. handcuffs.
- Informal.
- a small boy.
- Chiefly British. a costermonger's helper or assistant.
- Nautical. a short rope for seizing an anchor cable to a messenger from a capstan.
nipper
/ ˈnɪpə /
noun
- a person or thing that nips
- the large pincer-like claw of a lobster, crab, or similar crustacean
- informal.a small child
- a type of small prawn used as bait
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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.
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The disposal of poor Nipper's earthly part was a tedious business, but it was accomplished finally.
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Nipper 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!
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He is quite rightly prouder of that exploit than of all the Nipper's subsequent learning.
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Dyou think you know more about fowls than I, who have handled them ever since I was a nipper?
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