nippers
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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While a sombre mood lingers, children's surf club activities – known locally as "nippers" – resumed on Sunday as a sign of the community showing resilience.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
In a future round of testing, we’ll be comparing the Tweezerman model against other top-rated, best-selling nippers.
From Slate • Sep. 24, 2018
The royal corgis have included a few notorious little nippers.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2018
So on returning from walks, Where he's socialized with nippers, He's greeted at his home With pipe and velvet slippers.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2016
I ’ad six nippers, then I goes and leaves one on a bus, the eighty-eight up from Brixton.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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