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nipper

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nipper  \Nip"per\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  nips. 
 
  2.  A  fore  tooth  of  a  horse.  The  nippers  are  four  in  number. 
 
  3.  A  satirist.  [Obs.]  --Ascham. 
 
  4.  A  pickpocket;  a  young  or  petty  thief.  [Old  Cant] 
 
  5.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  The  cunner. 
  b  A  European  crab  ({Polybius  Henslowii}). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nipper 
  n  1:  a  young  person  of  either  sex  (between  birth  and  puberty); 
  "she  writes  books  for  children";  "they're  just  kids"; 
  "`tiddler'  is  a  British  term  for  youngsters"  [syn:  {child}, 
  {kid},  {youngster},  {minor},  {shaver},  {small  fry},  {tiddler}, 
  {tike},  {tyke},  {fry},  {nestling}] 
  2:  a  structure  like  a  pincer  on  the  limb  of  a  crustacean  or 
  other  arthropods  [syn:  {claw},  {chela},  {pincer}]




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