The term nipper tipping is a combination of the WWII epithet for the Japanese and the childish prank of tipping sleeping cows. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
I am still front line and you know when a nipper is in danger and you know when to act. From Wordnik.com. [Upside Your Head « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
Mr. Beale begged of all likely foot-passengers, but he noted that the "nipper" no longer "stuck it on.". From Wordnik.com. [Harding's Luck] Reference
But as a trainee, or "nipper", gardener back in 1963, flowerpot man Alan almost quit to fit carpets instead. From Wordnik.com. Reference
What does he consider a big 'nipper'? ")" come up to Pine Camp. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Scared the bojangles out of me when I was a nipper. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
And this nipper, here, he left you there all alone. '. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Zipper nipper is restored at adder. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2003] Reference
Shumpum for Pa-li-di and oukosouso for the nipper dandy!. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
I lived in Ireland as a nipper and now reside in England. From Wordnik.com. [Falling Water] Reference
Just a nipper I was when he had embark-leave the last time. From Wordnik.com. [Here Abide Monsters]
It's like it's still an 'arse nipper' and I can't help myself. From Wordnik.com. [The Ashes 2010: Australia v England - day four as it happened] Reference
"Oh, let the nipper see what he can do!" said Armitage, laughing. From Wordnik.com. [Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War] Reference
"I can begin as I used to begin stories when you were a nipper," said. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Haydon's Quest] Reference
The little nipper got into some trouble with the big rats in the barn. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
So why does the little nipper want to go to school dressed like a girl?. From Wordnik.com. [Third-grade boy wants to go to school dressed and treated as a girl.] Reference
Barlow's nipper there is neither cloth nor leather on the cushion plate. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885] Reference
"Beans or --" Ricky's hand closed upon Val's arm with a nipper-like grip. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
Vinnie and I and the nipper had an appointment with the midwife this morning. From Wordnik.com. [One of these days… » Big things] Reference
Please have a look at this information by Googling: eolas interference nipper. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference
You wouldn't believe what a small, agile nipper I was when I took up the trade. From Wordnik.com. [The Mummy Case]
This comment was originally posted on Twitter nipper said at 6pm on Nov 16th # |. From Wordnik.com. [The death of the URL | FactoryCity] Reference
The facility makes you sign a waiver and stay and watch over your little nipper. From Wordnik.com. [Day in the Life of an Idiot] Reference
"And that's how that young nipper thinks to get off a licking from one of us ----". From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
My late husband explained to him that he would always be a MacDougall, man and nipper. From Wordnik.com. [The Edge of Madness] Reference
Why, when I was a nipper every morning of my life I had a cold bath, winter and summer. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
Still being just a nipper, I knew the word my and had the word mystery explained to me. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
'I've been in the bloody Army since I was a nipper, sir, and I know when things are wrong.'. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Regiment]
‘I’ve been in service nearly forty years, ever since I was a little nipper in the stables. From Wordnik.com. [Ruined City]
I Heart Guts sells a line of plush internal organs for your little nipper to play with and chew on. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
"Lor ', Tom, that wer' a nipper, that wer '!" he cried, with a grin on his face, as if the wound were rather a joke than otherwise. From Wordnik.com. [Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy] Reference
The novel is set in my golden era of 1991 -2, when I was a mere nipper of 18 and about to head off to the College by the sea myself. From Wordnik.com. [Freshers' week and the school of life] Reference
He asked the cook if she couldn't give this nipper here a bite of something to eat, preferably something warm -- he could do with it. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Icelandic Short Stories] Reference
He married Corporal Roe's widow, and she got pregnant and Sergeant Finlayson was taking bets on whether the nipper would be white or black. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Devil]
Although I was only a little nipper at the time of the Falklands. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
It's a wee little nipper - 61mm by 103mm - but despite its size it's relatively comfortable. From Wordnik.com. [Pocket-lint.com] Reference
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