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nipper

nipper is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
  2. 2.A satirist. [Obs.] Ascham.
  3. 3.A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [Old Cant]
  4. 4.(Zoöl.) (a) The cunner. (b) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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