What does "nipper" mean?
Nipper: A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
Additional senses
- 2.A satirist. [Obs.] Ascham.
- 3.A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [Old Cant]
- 4.(Zoöl.) (a) The cunner. (b) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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