nippers

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{n} an instrument, small pinchers
small scissors like cutting tool for trimming thread
— See thread clippers
A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form
{i} small pinchers for cutting
plural of nipper
Small, scissors-like cutting tool specifically designed for thread trimming, during finishing of embroidery
A tool used for cutting nails and wires
A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger
Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting
A device used to clip or trim cuticles, the skin around nail
nipper
Young child in the Australian surf life-saving clubs
nipper
A child

Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh?.

nipper
{n} one who nips or pinches, a keen satirist
nipper
A Newfoundland term for a "mosquito"
nipper
A nipper is a child. I'm not ever going to forget what you've done for the nippers. a child (nipper , from NIP 2)
nipper
{i} anything that nips or pinches; young child (British Slang); claw of a crustacean, pincher
nipper
One who, or that which, nips
nipper
a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
nipper
The cunner
nipper
A pickpocket; a young or petty thief
nipper
A satirist
nipper
A fore tooth of a horse
nipper
any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping -- usually used in plural
nipper
The nippers are four in number
nipper
a structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
nipper
A European crab (Polybius Henslowii)
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