Nip"per (?), n.
1.
One who, or that which, nips.
2.
A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
3.
A satirist.
[Obs.]
Ascham.
4.
A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
[Old Cant]
5. Zool. (a)
The cunner.
(b)
A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).
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