From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnippernipp‧er /ˈnɪpə $ -ər/ noun [countable] British English informal CHILDa child
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nipper• The approach may be more considered but Burns still sounds like he was force-fed Brillo Pads as a nipper.• He used to go regular with his ma when he was a nipper.• His name is Steg and he's one smart critter, at feeding nippers there's no one fitter.• I tell you, they're nippers.• The nippers, they love me.• The place was crawling with kids - bundles, toddlers, nippers, loping adolescents.• You know, where you put a penny by each week in case your nipper gets sick and dies.Origin nipper (1800-1900) nipper “boy who runs errands for a workman or street seller”, from → NIP1 2 