Nipper
WordNet
noun
(1) A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
(2) A young person of either sex
"She writes books for children"
"They're just kids"
"`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping -- usually used in plural
- A child
- 1949: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p. 193. ISBN 0-451-51218-9
- Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh?
- 1949: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p. 193. ISBN 0-451-51218-9
- Young child in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
- A Newfoundland term for a "mosquito"
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