Noun : a lucky dog. ,That used car you bought is a dog. ,Critics say his new play is a dog. From Dictionary.com.
All NSW beaches were closed and water events such as nippers training were cancelled. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Suddenly the line flashed through his hand, stinging even through the "nippers," the woolen circlets supposed to protect it. From Wordnik.com. [Captains Courageous] Reference
At the ends of these thin legs were immense claws shaped like those of a lobster, and they were real "nippers" of a most dangerous sort. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea Fairies] Reference
"nippers" or the old mother is sick, he wants to go home. From Wordnik.com. [A Yankee in the Trenches] Reference
Your kid-quotes sound like your nippers are great!. From Wordnik.com. [ccfinlay: What A Difference A Year Makes] Reference
He produced a pair of nippers, and snapped them on. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
"There!" said Dave at last, holding up the nippers. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Portion] Reference
The tables of the nippers and dividers are triangular. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
There are eight of these nippers in a full-grown sheep. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
I took the little instrument, nippers and wire and up I went. From Wordnik.com. [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference
A policeman came in from the street and put the nippers on him. From Wordnik.com. [Halsey & Co. or, The Young Bankers and Speculators] Reference
An improvement has been made in the construction of the nippers. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885] Reference
Frost do but take out his nippers and clap them on Pip's flowers!. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play] Reference
I appreciate your insights on skiing with the nippers, so to speak. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2002] Reference
The nippers show a well-defined dark streak just in front of the cups. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Dave jumped up, holding the piece of fox-tail grass yet in the nippers. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Portion] Reference
ARMITAGE: On the sand, the only ones for most of the day were the nippers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2005] Reference
Ready bakbiters, sore nippers, and spitefull reporters priuily of good men. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1] Reference
"But I wouldn't want never to see the nippers again," Harper went on, "would I now?". From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Devil]
The nippers and dividers are oval in shape, and the cups have become decidedly narrow. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The nippers show oval table surfaces and the dividers are beginning to take on this shape. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The upper portion of the detonator is then squeezed round the fuse with a pair of nippers. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
A person with a pair of nippers could get in without trouble, and lock the door afterward. From Wordnik.com. [The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories] Reference
Its teeth are exposed, and so arranged that, when they meet, the edges cut a hook like nippers. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries] Reference
Well, I'm not going to be ordered about by foreigners, specially not little nippers like that. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Circus of Adventure]
The dark brown streak or dental star is situated in the central portion of the nippers and dividers. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The tables of the inferior nippers are becoming triangular and show a small, dark spot or dental star. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Every now and then the hard, wiry line slipped off the nippers and sawed across his smarting fingers or palms. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The nippers are round, the cups triangular and the dark streak narrower and more distinct than the previous year. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
This remarkable piece of apparatus may be compared to a pair of nippers mounted on a jointed and freely movable handle. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Each carriage carries as many nippers in a row as equals the number of needles, which in this case is two hundred and twelve. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
I lately procured a very handy little pair of cutting nippers of elegant workmanship, used chiefly by watchmakers, and made in Paris. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The tables of the inferior nippers are triangular, and the dental star appears as a dark round spot in both the nippers and dividers. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
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