"Where is the dollar that you got with this note?" asked the "whipper," as he finished reading the epistle. From Wordnik.com. [My Southern Home: or, The South and Its People] Reference
"You young whipper-snapper!" exclaimed the apparition. From Wordnik.com. [The Mission of Janice Day] Reference
A boundary is the extremity or whipper-in of any party. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841] Reference
“Here come the ladies,” said the second whipper-in. From Wordnik.com. [Modeste Mignon] Reference
The technical term for a long, scary fall is a "whipper.". From Wordnik.com. [The Attraction -- and Terror --] Reference
He told the young whipper "Son, I have just been promoted.". From Wordnik.com. [Serve and Protect] Reference
Crabshaw, and he acted in the capacity of whipper-in to Sir. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves] Reference
A word answering to an executioner, a whipper, among the Rabbins. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
At least the whipper snipper started (eventually), and kept running. From Wordnik.com. [phluid61 Diary Entry] Reference
We say, they're some young whipper snapper who can do the job cheaper. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: Jesse Jackson Tells Why 'It's About the Money'; Ed Koch Exclaims, 'I'm Not Done Yet'; John Irving Talks About His 'Movie Business'; Tom Feltenstein Imparts 'Uncommon Wisdom' - January 15, 2000] Reference
Although I couldn't find the whipper-snipper, so I didn't do the edges. From Wordnik.com. [phluid61 Diary Entry] Reference
McScum just can't stand working with that uppity young whipper-snapper. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Entered October With Over $130 Million Cash On Hand] Reference
“With Mr Daubeny as whipper-in, perhaps he might,” said Lady Laura. From Wordnik.com. [Phineas Finn] Reference
My nose is pulled by whipper-snappers, who jump up on a chair to reach it. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
The analogy is exact: it is moderately rare for the whipper-in to whip a hound. From Wordnik.com. [The Spectator's Notes] Reference
Then there is that whipper-snapper of a student, who gives me a couple of francs. From Wordnik.com. [Father Goriot] Reference
Swithin had called him in public “a little touting whipper-snapper of a parson.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Spoon] Reference
They are their own fanfare, their own roll on the kettle-drums, their own whipper-in. From Wordnik.com. [Another Voice] Reference
(Thankfully, the little whipper-snapperwas wrong, and within a year, the DVD was out.). From Wordnik.com. [John Farr: Targeted Quality: The Advent Of On-Demand DVDs] Reference
"Is it I pull you out of the grave, indeed!" continued the whipper-in, for such he was. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828] Reference
Detailed contemplation of a whipper is called "being gripped" -- as in gripped by fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Attraction -- and Terror --] Reference
“These political people and whipper-snappers in Society all know each other,” said Soames. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Spoon] Reference
Yes, young whipper snapper, I remember by Bill Burkett on Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 9: 40: 53 AM. From Wordnik.com. [The Clinton Entitlement] Reference
I heard de big ole bullfrogs a-croakin 'by de riber an' de whipper-wills a-hollerin 'in de woods. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
"I don't need any whipper-snapper jumped up Rear-Admiral to interpret my instructions," roared Hooper. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
My father walked carelessly away, unclosed the garden gate, and left the dark stranger with his former whipper-in. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850] Reference
When it comes to video games, I've become a crotchety old man telling those whipper-snapper punks to get off my lawn. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Mendelson: "Batman: Arkham Asylum" is a Great Video Game, Except...] Reference
Then came the turn of the whipper, who, with equal constancy, offered his back to the scourge of the enraged sufferer. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
McCain wanted the public to believe that Obama was a novice, a whipper-snapper who would jeopardize our nation's security. From Wordnik.com. [Matt Littman: McCain Makes the Biggest Political Mistake of Our Lifetimes] Reference
And her mother was a "whipper, too" -- a woman that "fanned" her children religiously, so to speak, not overlooking Martha. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1] Reference
This was too much to be borne, and Frank rode up red with passion; and a lot of others, including the whipper, soon followed. From Wordnik.com. [The Kellys and the O'Kellys] Reference
Thus entertained, though a little awfully, I accompanied the dark mysterious little “whipper-snapper” through the woodland glades. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
By the time she got tumbled out into the world, all big men were unquestionable authority and all young men were callow whipper-snappers. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
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