| 单词 | nipper |
| 例句 | I ’ad six nippers, then I goes and leaves one on a bus, the eighty-eight up from Brixton. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "Used to climb this very tree, y'know, when Nick was a wee nipper. One summer, we built a tree house. Wonder if it's still up there..." Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Some “nippers” crawled into crannies to chip away the coal. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z She's there at the centre of the climactic baptism scene, a nipper still in nappies, oblivious to the innovative cross-cutting going on all around her. Sofia Coppola on The Bling Ring: 'What these kids did really took ingenuity' 2013-07-04T19:00:00Z “If you think back to when I was a nipper, drink-driving was accepted ethically,” he says. The white stuff: why Britain can’t get enough cocaine 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z As a nipper, when I was told he was popping out to the Salvation Army, I believed that was where he was headed. Family life 2012-08-17T23:05:05Z As Charlie, Jack Costello is proficient but looks too sleek and pipes too politely for a nipper on the edge of starvation. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – review 2013-07-01T06:00:08Z Then there are the tools: nippers, a steam box, the spokeshave, and all manner of planes, punches and rivets. Sea of Love: A Father, His Daughter and the Boat He Made for Her 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z If the nippers hadn't had a rest, the glimmering evenings and long suppers on the terrace were apt to collapse in screaming cacophony. Old wives' tales 2010-05-14T23:00:00Z As a nipper, although frankly I mean until about the age of 18, I wasn’t keen on baths. Running the perfect bath is an art – get it right and the day’s woes melt away | Hannah Jane Parkinson 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The other chefs had to understand that part of their job was having nippers around their feet. How hard is it to be a chef and a mother with young children? 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Yes, they were nippers rather than thrashings, but England lost three times in the 2019 group stage before ending the tournament in glory. 'England's defeat is a worry but don't panic yet' 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Thousands of nippers ages 5 to 14 invade Australia’s beaches from October through March to race on the sand, swim deep into the ocean and practice using rescue boards. I Hated Swimming. Then I Moved to Australia. 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z My family recently got a new puppy, a strong-willed and mouthy but ultimately lovable little nipper. Opinion | Why is Anthony Fauci trying to kill my puppy? 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z You never know, with quadruple-chasing City planning to load their team with nippers and reserves. Burton Albion v Manchester City: Carabao Cup semi-final second leg – live! 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “Watch that one; he’s a nipper,” Banks warned of the dachshund. Arron Banks: The brash British millionaire who backed Brexit, befriended the Russian ambassador and loves Trump 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z The royal corgis have included a few notorious little nippers. Queen Elizabeth II loses her last corgi, Willow, marking the end of a scrappy canine dynasty 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The counter space has a dizzying display of nail cutters, splitters and nippers, most of which are made by the Biancos. A Brooklyn Go-To for Beauticians and Butchers 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z There are “nippers” to watch material being moved around and “hog house tenders” to supervise the break room. The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z So on returning from walks, Where he's socialized with nippers, He's greeted at his home With pipe and velvet slippers. New York Today: Artists-in-Residence 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z She says local police stopped to comfort her young son, saying: "Don't cry nipper, be brave, daddy will be home tonight." The mysterious case of the drug-smuggling fishermen - BBC News 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Every so often, Ms. Ren sent a nail polish bottle or cuticle nipper flying, but she covered up her error with a titter and useful English phrases her boss encouraged her to practice. The Price of Nice Nails 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Then she snipped away part of the hoof wall with a nipper. Kansas woman follows ancestors’ path in equine foot care 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z When she was done with that she tore into my collection of trinkets, using metal nippers to cut away base-metal fillers and to slice into hollow pieces. We Buy Gold 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Link to this video Tiki-taka goal of the day as scored by a bunch of Greek nippers. The Fiver 2013-01-07T16:25:35Z The whole front of his face was smooth and covered over by a sort of mask, so that his terrible jaws and catching nippers were invisible. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z Married these two years and got a nipper. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Lifting the lid of the tool box, he seized a pair of nippers. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z Disassemble it at home, using pliers and a nipper. We Buy Gold 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z The Trafton House was not plentifully supplied with bolts, as I knew; and my nippers assured me that there was no key in the lock. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Well, when you have done with the nipper, the question comes, what can he do? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-17T03:00:35.863Z "Give you some muscle to wallop the nippers." The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z One is the nipper, that can cut off their enemy’s head as neatly as a pair of shears. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z We denote these teeth, commencing with those nearest the median line, by the names central incisors or nippers, intermediate and corner incisors. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z You know the sort of chap I am--a silly old fool what's been burning since I was a little nipper. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z I had neither ax nor nippers, only a long-bladed knife, and densely packed beasts were wedging themselves tighter and tighter against the other side of the barrier. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z She made a good meal, for there were plenty of worms and grubs and tiny fish on the mud-floor of the stream, and her nippers were long and strong. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z In a few minutes a large crab came scuttling out, at the sight of which she picked up her skirt and ran away, not liking the look of his formidable nippers. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z The incisors are called, commencing with those situated nearest the middle line, central incisors or nippers, intermediate and corner incisors. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z “Yes, dear boy, and our nipper shall go over every morning, and put Murrams’s bowl of milk in through the broken pane.” The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z This faun-like "nipper," Tree-perched, is tootling, tootling on, Though Pan be dead, Arcadia gone, And wild "Kazoos" are played upon By the cheap tripper. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 16th, 1893 2011-10-02T02:00:16.433Z But when women get a thing into their heads you can't draw it out with nippers. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z "The nipper," he explained, as he proceeded to unburden himself of the parcels, laying them on the dresser. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z It was nothing less than a big pair of nippers which seemed to have been constructed for that very purpose, so well did they suit it. The Bradys' Chinese Clew The Secrect Dens of Pell Street 2011-08-17T02:00:26.867Z About him lay sections of the brass vaporizer, wrenches, screwdrivers, and nippers. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z I can do with him on board the barge," he said; "he is only a little nipper now, but in a year or two he will be useful. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z Photograph: Guardian Years ago, when the Fiver was a nipper, Granny Fiver used to take us down the shops every day. A trip back to 1979 2011-08-04T15:33:59Z He was six years of age—as bright a little nipper as ever you see. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z The next instant the nippers had him—he could not even turn. The Bradys' Chinese Clew The Secrect Dens of Pell Street 2011-08-17T02:00:26.867Z There was in his manner a quality which caught attention like nippers. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Miles I'd yapped to her; even about my mother dying when I was a nipper.... The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z "I was there in '81 when we got beat by Spurs - my dad took me down when I was only a nipper," he said. Long time coming 2011-05-23T18:17:04Z Then he goes away from the fire, and I says, 'All right, nipper, I'll bring 'em,' from behind that door, in a voice to make him believe as Father Christmas was answering. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z The big sugar nippers were at her side, and I knew she was going to nip sugar for the next day’s use. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The nippers can be instantly fastened on the wrist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Didn't you take some persuading to get into rugby when you were a nipper? Sam Warburton 2011-03-04T00:06:03Z I never see a woodpecker’s foot without thinking of an iceman’s nippers with their short handles and long, sharp-toothed jaws. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z Maybe it was," said Fat Bill, "but, as it happened, you really helped to save two nippers. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z I've tried to lock that door from outside, with a pair of nippers, and the lock is such that it can't be done. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z Several recently invented appliances are used as handcuffs, e.g. snaps, nippers, twisters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Plenty to keep the nipper eager for a footy fix occupied on Christmas Day. Christmas presents for fans and action heroes 2010-12-12T00:10:00Z Suppose the nippers had one short jaw and one long one, would they then take as firm hold as they do with jaws of equal length? The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z I don't know if Dunne was a Liverpool supporter as a nipper but something there is that turns him into a beast against Liverpool. Liverpool v Aston Villa - live! 2010-12-06T19:00:00Z It seemed a' ready-money; it was just nipper after nipper—that is, glass after glass, owre the counter—the money down, and done wi' it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 In a moment I had made the incision; and so well had I calculated the locality of the stone, that I was able to seize it on the very first insertion of the nippers. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Then, grandpaw, he turns round to the baby again, plumb took up with them four new nippers. Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher But that is the principle of a pair of nippers. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z "What do you think of these nippers, would you like to have your neck in their clutch?" asked the Skeleton, opening his long bony fingers, hard as iron. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 "There's a widow—and some little nippers, Mr. Narkom," he said when he at length rose to his feet. The Riddle of the Night We removed the nippers, and let the louse fall into the hands of its owner. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 His hairy, bent legs carried his body in the center and he had poisonous nippers and wicked little eyes. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure Yes, the nippers are used to lift heavy weights, and the woodpecker’s foot is used to lift his heavy body in just the same way, by taking hold of a flat, smooth surface. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z Even if she did know, how could she touch the nasty things when they were raising their nippers so menacingly and already trying to scud away in the direction of their native habitat, the sea. By Right of Conquest A Novel In person he was misshapen: bandy-legged: but with all that a powerful ruffian, whose long, crooked arms might have ended in nippers like a scorpion's. Where the Pavement Ends We continued the experiment, and fixed in the glass the poor little beast, that struggled, with all its might, at the extremity of the nippers. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 It advanced to the side of the bed, and leaped up on to the counterpane and crouched there, glowering at her with its dull black eyes, its great hairy feelers moving, its nippers working threateningly. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance This may seem a roundabout way to show that a woodpecker’s foot is a pair of nippers. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z Man, but the nipper was jolly glad to get out of the tronk, I can tell you. A Veldt Vendetta "It is now three weeks since I bribed the night guard to get these same nippers." Where the Pavement Ends When the gatekeeper's back was turned, he quickly brought out the three tickets, punched them for coming into the grounds, and then laid down the nippers. The Story of Chautauqua “By George, I’ll have to think seriously about sending that nipper to school,” he added, as the boy, having said good-night, went out of the room. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland What are you two young nippers doing here? Dave Dawson at Dunkirk The first pair end in nippers or chelae and are usually much more massive than the others which are used in walking or swimming. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" True nippers—name of a little good man! Where the Pavement Ends At that moment Smaly and Redy saw the Despoiler pass by, followed by the Young Stork, carrying a pair of nippers. The City Curious But she’s first-rate in her own line: gets the nippers on no end. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland "There you are, nippers!" he cried and vaulted from the seat. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk After the combs have passed successively through the overhanging fringe of fibres, the nipper opens and a fresh length of about 3⁄16 to 4⁄10 of an inch is fed in. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" Bindle lifted it from its receptacle, wound a napkin round it as he had seen others do and, nippers in hand, carried it to the table. Adventures of Bindle The nippers, hammer, and chisel and six drenched sailors disappeared down the conning tower. The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative Then he expertly wove a short length of wire around the pegs and drew them tight with a pair of wire nippers. The Unprotected Species The couple of American and English nippers, that stole a plane and all the rest of it? Dave Dawson at Dunkirk We were 'hard cases,' all of us, even young Munro and Burke, the 'nipper' of the starboard watch! The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Narcissa came near enough to the upset and sprawling crab for it to catch her ear with its nippers, and then to bury all its six claws in her fur. Timar's Two Worlds Elsewhere they are chogsett, or peradventure burgall, but everywhere they are nippers and baitstealers, and the trait which makes these names universal is the reason why in the beginning of things were the cunners. Old Plymouth Trails The putting a yoke on the keys of your door, so I could not turn them with the nippers, was all useless. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 The whole blinking army's been talking of what you nippers did. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk “By extracting one or more of the party’s back teeth,” announced the “expert” gravely, at the same time producing a huge pair of horseshoeing nippers. Gold Sometimes we are out of pocket, and do not feel quite so hilarious, but we swallow a stiff nipper of brandy and draw our checks like men. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Ellinwood had removed his nippers, and the skin of his fingers and palms was a queer white and beginning to shred off as if immersed long in hot water. The Harbor of Doubt He found it to be the nippers with which the fence had been cut, lying in the bottom of the deep arroyo. The Duke Of Chimney Butte One pair of large end cutting nippers for cutting connectors, posts, plate lugs, and so on. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair Wire nippers and pliers will be needed for this work. Manual of American Grape-Growing Immediately the cotton has passed between the nippers, the feed rollers stop for an instant and the jaws of the nippers shut and hold the longer of the cotton fibres in a very firm manner. The Story of the Cotton Plant To be in truth literary had ever been her dearest thought, the thought that kept her bright little nippers perpetually in position. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 Here are your nippers, Miss Kerr; you lost them when you jumped that arroyo. The Duke Of Chimney Butte Well, look here," said Tinkleby, fixing his nippers with an air of resolution and defiance, "Heningson's going to open a debate next Saturday. Soldiers of the Queen He used for this purpose a pair of cutting-plyers, as they are called, an instrument formed much like a pair of nippers. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story The needles of the revolving cylinder having passed through the fibres, the nippers open again and at the same time another row of comb teeth or needles, termed the top comb, descends into the fibres. The Story of the Cotton Plant Lord Mark took in through his nippers these balanced attributes of Susie. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 When the fugitive came within a few rods of the fence he put his hand down to the holster for his nippers, discovering his loss. The Duke Of Chimney Butte The president of the Fifth Form Literary Society was striding across the gravel, fingering his nippers, as he always did when excited. Soldiers of the Queen The little nipper," he said; and again, "the little nipper. Harding's luck Why, I can show you the nippers he had.” The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise I. U.—Sheep have front teeth, or nippers, only on the lower jaw, the upper having instead a firm fibrous pad. Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I will take the nippers under my charge, and see that no one meddles with them. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson Now, then, hand me up the nipper—I should say the young gent—and in two minutes' time——Right! Cleek, the Master Detective "You'll be too fine presently to speak to the likes of us, you nipper," said Beale, when a smart little pony cart had brought Dickie back to the cottage. Harding's luck Jasper grinned covertly for he had thrown the nippers overboard in the struggle. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise There are eight of these nippers in a full-grown sheep. Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Not sugar nippers, ma'am, I beg; or your large work-box, or the mincing machine! Soap-Bubble Stories For Children Why, that nipper, being the heir in the direct line, is Lord Stavornell now that the uncle is dead! Cleek, the Master Detective "Ah! it ain't no use trying to deceive the nipper—that sharp he is," said Beale, with a mixture of pride and confusion. Harding's luck “He talks about nippers—but where are they?” The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise A working jeweller, with his nippers, cuts a ring with a date engraved upon it: 23rd of October. The Confessions of Arsène Lupin "When a little nipper like that comes——" She reddened, paled, burst out crying. The Dop Doctor The horrible nippers descended—but missing his throat—descended to his chest, and met there, with a metallic, crunching sound. The Sign of the Spider I'm anxious," he said, confidentially, "to get settled on account of the nipper. Harding's luck He produced a pair of nippers, and snapped them on. In Her Own Right The valve or nipper N is shown open in the diagram, fig. Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants The nipper had grabbed at his ear as he stooped down. The Dop Doctor It had buried its venomous nippers in her shoulder, prior to crawling away to die. The Sign of the Spider Never see such a nipper for noticing, neither. Harding's luck Thus each mother spoke of her baby, and their babies talked after their own fashion, and made use of the little nippers they have in their tails to nip the beard of the beetle. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Pretty different from the nipper that I sent over to England eighteen years ago. The Wooden Horse From the very first, when I was a lonely little nipper at school, I sort of belonged to Jim. Captain Jim Instead of penetrating his body, the nippers of the monster had struck upon the metal box. The Sign of the Spider You nipper," said Beale, slowly and fondly, "the best day's work ever I done was when I took up with you. Harding's luck Thus each mother spoke of her baby; and the babies talked among themselves, and made use of the little nippers they have in their tails to nip the beard of the beetle. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales The Boy Scouts are helping manfully here, and at Liége the Germans, we are told, used nippers for cutting wire entanglements. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 19th, 1914 Each carriage carries as many nippers in a row as equals the number of needles, which in this case is two hundred and twelve. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 He had almost miraculously escaped the creature's nippers. The Sign of the Spider "You are a little nipper," he said affectionately. Harding's luck "Only to get the nippers on Mason and his black pal." The Bradys Beyond Their Depth The Great Swamp Mystery At the age of two the nippers become loose and fall out, in their places appear two permanent teeth, with deep, black cavities, and full, sharp edges. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed It is best to have the band nippers for covering nickeled to prevent the iron from staining the leather. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians And then Laurence shudderingly noticed two round gaping orifices at the base of the throat, clearly where the great nippers of the monster had punctured. The Sign of the Spider "Blessed if I ever see such a nipper," he said, over and over again. Harding's luck Every now and then the hard, wiry line slipped off the nippers and sawed across his smarting fingers or palms. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good At nine years old, cups leave the two center nippers above, and each of the two upper corner teeth has a little sharp protrusion at the extreme outer corner. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed He looks as cool as a soda fountain; but he’s red behind his ears, and he’s fishin’ the chain nippers out of his side pocket. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe By the light of the moon he could discern two slight dents; one upon the border of the quaint sprawling initials, where the nippers of the monster had struck. The Sign of the Spider "It's the nipper!" he said; and came very quickly to the door and got his arm round Dickie's shoulders. Harding's luck Oil-clothes, heavy under-clothing, hip boots of red rubber, white, doughnut-shaped woolen "nippers" for pulling trawls, and various other articles for convenience and comfort were added to their outfits. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good By my troth, comrade, an I had not had so much the advantage by having my nippers in my hand, I would 'a' thrashed him then and there. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales June 11, 186—-rany and cold. a big black ant has got 2 nippers and can bite like time. i am going to put one down Beanys back some day. Brite and Fair Nothing is more difficult to withdraw from a net than prawns, except it be a lobster, flipping itself about, hardly visible, and striking continually with its nippers. A Poor Man's House "Two," he said, in awestruck tones; "there never was such a nipper!" Harding's luck Take off your nippers,” cried Pickering, cringing back down into his corner as far as he could. Five Little Peppers at School But, "fair play" being my motto, and having my nippers, as I saith, I forbore; yea, I forbore, and walked away unseen of him. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales I lately procured a very handy little pair of cutting nippers of elegant workmanship, used chiefly by watchmakers, and made in Paris. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. "Fresh nippers, thick and dry, for weighing," are then called for, and sand applied to overcome the slipping. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. An' as I gets my living by the sweat of charitable ladies an' gents it don't do no harm to 'ave a little nipper alongside. Harding's luck I would not be surprised if we had to come around in the morning with nippers to get the kinks out. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar “A four at three o’clock,” “a three at nine o’clock,” “a clean five, high up,” “a nipper four at twelve o’clock,” and with a little chuckle, “a ricochet five!” At Plattsburg Cutlery: Knives, forks, and spoons—Salt cellars—Cruet stands—Punch and toddy—Porringers and cups—Trays and waiters—The tea table—Cream jugs—Sugar tongs and nippers—Caddies—Cupids—Nutcrackers—Turned woodware. Chats on Household Curios So that by putting on fresh nippers forward, and taking them off as they are hove aft, the capstan may be kept constantly going, and the cable is walked in without stopping. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The thick, hard nippers are broken off by the bird before he swallows the soft, tender body. Âmona; The Child; And The Beast; And Others From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 Cherry Bim felt in his pocket and produced a pair of peculiarly shaped nippers, and gripped the end of the key, turning it gently. The Book of All-Power I made a five at six o’clock—only a nipper, but still a bull! At Plattsburg In connection with the cutting of lump sugar steel sugar nippers were much used in the kitchen before lump sugar was bought from the grocer ready cut up. Chats on Household Curios Fastening nippers by taking turns crosswise between the parts to jam them; and sometimes with a round turn before each cross. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Taking up two or three "hermits" one by one, I whistled gently, and in each case the creature protruded the nippers, head and shoulders, and moved its antenn� to and fro as if pleasurably excited. Âmona; The Child; And The Beast; And Others From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 That’s where that young nipper of a buttons lives, him as took a sight at me when I ketched him standing on his head a-top of the dustbin down the area. The Bag of Diamonds Bluenoses have no use for nippers, as Britishers call apprentices. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways As, however, they did not bite like the “galley nippers” of other parts, we soon got accustomed to them, and if they added to the strength of our coffee we did not mind. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting Foretop-men employed to bind the nippers about the cables and messenger, and to whom the boys return them when they are taken off. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Polly Twitter with a rosy baby,—a lusty young nipper,—an' a lad, t' boot! Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. He then takes them to a little distance from the water’s edge; and in devouring them, is careful to get them crossways in his mouth, lest he should suffer from their nippers. A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals This machine consists essentially of a series of rollers, nippers, and rows of metal teeth. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades The man pushed and led the bird up to the fence, and then the foreman, armed with his cutting nippers, selected the feathers that he wanted and cut them off. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent So long as the lead descends, the line runs through the nipper attached to a canvas inflated buoy. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. He produced a knife from his pocket, with a pair of nippers, and began to cut the wire. Shining Ferry The small bright hammers rested on the yellow brass caps deep sunk on steel nippers. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills David, jumping down, caught one, and showed us that he had a sharp head, terminating in a pair of horizontal nippers—very like those of the warrior ants. In the Wilds of Africa A greatly overgrown hoof may be quickly shortened with sharp nippers and the sole freed of semidetached flakes of horn. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Also, the cable is brought-to when fastened to the messenger by nippers. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. I learnt to swim when I was a little bit of a nipper and went with the boys at school. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy The seal for a moment seemed frightened, and kept on the ice a second or two too long; for just as he plunged, Smile caught him by the tail and nippers. Stories of Animal Sagacity Eight, nine, nine ... here's a nipper ten ... nine ... oh, me! The Best Made Plans The nippers, found on the lower jaw alone. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure To clap on nippers closely, just at starting the anchor from the ground. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. "My chief ambition as to break up that gang, and get the nippers on those dare devil brothers." Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys At eleven o'clock they went out into the intense cold, which sparkled like diamonds, but which pinched like nippers the exposed faces and hands. A Woman who went to Alaska Needles for hornets, nippers for ants, For the bumblebee baby a new pair of pants, For the grizzled old gopher a hat and a wig, The beetle ground out of his thingum-a-jig. The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes A policeman came in from the street and put the nippers on him. Halsey & Co. or, The Young Bankers and Speculators The surging or slipping of the cable when the nippers do not hold. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. There are women who look charming in nippers. Embarrassments "He's barefooted," shouted Dab, with, it must be confessed, something like a grin, "and one of the little fellows has pinned him with his nippers." St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 "This night's a nipper, isn't it?" he remarked. The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber-Town Tales Her eyes follow his movements, and her sharp nipper is held in readiness for immediate use. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals A pair of nippers embrace it, so as to stop the blubber from running down when no cask is under. Peter the Whaler “One of them nippers as is always stealing our fruit,” continued Dan’l. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel “No, sir; only one, sir,” said a man who seemed to be a warrant officer; “but here’s a nipper on the bed.” The Powder Monkey You looked just like a young nipper learning to walk.” Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer “Looks a nipper, he do, squire,” said the sailor. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle When I was a nipper there was no boy in the length of Ireland that could beat Terence Digby at a muffin struggle. Betty Trevor “I was in the Royal Mail Line when I was a nipper, before joining my present company.” The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Look here at the little nipper, old Greyback," he said, "come a little way into the room. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story He is usually drawn at the top of his own bills sitting in an armchair, holding a little bottle between his finger and thumb, and surrounded with rotten teeth, nippers, pills and gallipots.—Goldsmith, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Young Harry with his beaver up Should be your model, my young "nipper!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 31, 1892 This remarkable piece of apparatus may be compared to a pair of nippers mounted on a jointed and freely movable handle. Chatterbox, 1905. Crimping nippers—the inevitable accompaniment of a miner—came forth from the pockets of the men. The Cross-Cut "I can begin as I used to begin stories when you were a nipper," said Mr. Haydon. Jack Haydon's Quest His "missus" and his "three little nippers" were with him, and together they were blocking the way to Berlin of the entire British Army. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army There were others—in fact, several of them, and they clubbed me good and plenty, finally leading me away with the nippers on. A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson "And that's how that young nipper thinks to get off a licking from one of us——" "By obeying both," said the engineer, quickening his pace indignantly. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Put the nippers on her wrists an' twist 'em. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times I took the little instrument, nippers and wire and up I went. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers I collared him and had the nippers on him before he knew what struck him. The Substitute Prisoner You will remember that I took hold of each, with the bent point of a small wire or a pair of these nippers; and, while you held it, tied the thread tightly round it. With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman With a pair of bone forceps, or nippers, break away the skull until the entire brain can be removed from the cavity. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools One o' the schoolchildren in the fore part of the train—a small nipper of nine—had put his head out o' the carriage window and got his cap blown away. News from the Duchy Each minute the danger increased, but the men in the truck scrambled up the poles, nipped the wire with their nippers, and the balloon passed through. S.O.S. Stand to! Godefroy called out against such rashness, and Pierre Radisson shouted back that threat about the nippers pulling the end off the fellow's tongue. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade The Americans were screaming to Chukkers to press; the English yelling to the nipper to ride—for the Almighty's sake. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs A pair of nippers was supplied with each box of these "matches," by means of which the tip of the glass tube could be broken off. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Bein' a nipper of some resource, he wasted no time, but touched off the communicatin' button an' fetched the whole train to a standstill. News from the Duchy A pair of cutting nippers was the next addition to his "kit" of tools. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Tell you what," the coachman went on firmly, "blowed if I don't hide the little nipper in the hedge and tell her his brothers took 'im! Five Children and It Often nippers or scissors are used as tongs. Navajo Silversmiths Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-1881, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 167-178 When alarmed they run in a confused and disorderly manner, holding up and clattering their nippers with a threatening attitude, and if suffered to take hold of the hand they bite severely. Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits Why, you used to be as smart as they make 'em, a regular nipper after business. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Williamson caught up the tool that came quickest to hand, a pair of nippers, thrust them into his jumper and raced up to the deck. The Submarine Boys and the Spies Dodging the Sharks of the Deep Evidently an enterprising nipper, on the high road to the gallows.' The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy With a pair of nippers they fold down the end of the wire, and thus form a leaf or element of a flower in their work, which is cut off. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants They marched in fours towards the foot of the hill, but had to cross the Harrismith Railway two deep through a gap where the wire fences were cut with nippers. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege He looped Blue Smoke's fore feet, then threw him, and pulled his shoes with a pair of wire nippers, and stowed the shoes in his saddle-pockets. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Not finding a second wire, he fastened his nippers against the first wire—then cut. The Submarine Boys and the Spies Dodging the Sharks of the Deep And two worms he whose nippers end in red: As it likes me each time, I do: so He. Browning's Shorter Poems Lifting their huge, whiskered and tusked heads, and plunging forward laboriously on their awkward nippers, the two old bulls went by, followed by the ponderous cows with their lumpy, rolling calves. Children of the Wild He made a dive at the whiskey cask, and drank a pretty stiff nipper before he could compose himself. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia Neither of t'other men had heard the tale and Harry Wade was very interested, because he minded that, when a nipper, his mother had told him something about it. The Torch and Other Tales Alas! how often human sippers With unexpected bitters meet, And buds, the sweetest of the sweet, Like sugar, only meet the nippers! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood There is a noun hasami, meaning the nippers of a crab, or a pair of scissors; and there is a verb hasami, meaning to harbor, to cherish, or to entertain. The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories The upper portion of the detonator is then squeezed round the fuse with a pair of nippers. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise “It is nippin’ cold,” said Aunt Stanshy to a neighbor, and what did Jack Frost do but take out his nippers and clap them on Pip’s flowers! The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play A mere nipper for to capture a Whale. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 9, 1892 With sharpest nippers flitting, That our Papa Satan we May honor as is fitting. Faust Small, sharp nippers wielding, Satan, as our cher papa, Worthy honor yielding. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe With his powerful nippers he severs the stem, choosing always a nut that is big and ripe. White Shadows in the South Seas He seated himself with his face turned toward the Gulf, gathered the exposed section of wire up into his lap, then drew a pair of wire nippers from his pocket. The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater Now then, hand me up the nipper—I should say the young gent—and in two minutes' time—Right! Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces A "tripper" is a well-defined character, and so is a "flapper," a "nipper," and a "bounder." Walking-Stick Papers It took them ages getting the barbed wire cleared away, because they hadn't any proper nippers. Elizabeth's Campaign The Boy Scouts are helping manfully here, and at Liège the Germans, we are told, used nippers for cutting wire entanglements. The Bed-Book of Happiness On the walls hung hammers, pliers, awls, chisels, nippers, and so on, and there were three hanging clocks which were ticking; one was a big clock with thick weights, such as one sees in eating-houses. The Party When he gets letters from home and knows that the wife or the "nippers" or the old mother is sick, he wants to go home. A Yankee in the Trenches The arrowhead had buried itself below and behind the ear, but nippers were applied and the steel point was extracted. Reed Anthony, Cowman Forty years ago," he said, "when I was a nipper and starting on my first voyage, my mother gave me this. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories Charley had no tools for handling wire, and he decided that he would henceforth carry a pair of nippers in his clothes. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol I—I was awfully fond of the little nipper too. The Way of an Eagle Then was heard the usual summons of, 'all hands up anchor, ahoy!' and the rapid orders of the young officers to 'man capstan-bars,' to 'nipper,' and finally to 'heave away.' The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas Queer thing, a great man like me, but I was always delicate in that way, ever since I was a nipper—strong as a bull in all else. Dead Men's Money Have I got everything—rope, chains, collars, wire, nippers? Tales of lonely trails At a sign from the Governor, the gaolers threw themselves like tigers upon the little girl, closing a cruel pair of iron nippers on her pellucid and delicate jade hand. Eastern Shame Girl A person with a pair of nippers could get in without trouble, and lock the door afterward. The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories "Give me the word and I'll have the nippers on him before you can say Jack Robinson." Brave Tom The Battle That Won "Two can play at that game," muttered Ben Loring, as he felled Hiram to the floor with a sweeping blow, and in half a minute Ben had his nippers on the young man's wrists. The Mystery of Monastery Farm An improvement has been made in the construction of the nippers. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 That something is the filing of a long point on the wire to enable the poking of the end of it through the draw plate so that it can be caught by the nippers. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 "When I was a nipper of your age, if I didn't turn out like greased lightning every morning, I was assisted by a little strap oil," remarked uncle Jay-Jay. My Brilliant Career I got a pair of nippers and some wire, which were of great use in the operation. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Gravely he dismissed the hypothesis of Stevie being a drunken young nipper. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale When the front or projecting ends of the fibers are thus combed, a straight comb in front of the nippers drops into them, the nippers open, and the fibers are drawn through the straight comb. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 Jack Frost heard him and came racing up with his nippers, but when he saw it was Claus he laughed and turned away again. Life and Adventures of Santa Claus This was considered an adequate defence against the nippers of a Syndicate crab; but as a means of offence against these almost submerged vessels a novel contrivance had been adopted. The Great War Syndicate When he had seen policemen twist steel nippers on the wrists of prisoners, he had thought, when the prisoners shrieked and writhed, they were acting. The Scarlet Car If he gets away, you swine, I'll rip y' open with the gaff—heave now—heave—there—there—soh, stand clear his nippers. Moran of the Lady Letty The cuff most in favor can be worn four different ways, and is attached to the shirt by a steel instrument three inches long, with a nipper at each end. The Ways of Men She patted his horse's neck affectionately, and Delaney, drawing the nippers from his belt, made as if to pinch her arm with them. The Octopus : A story of California Each had its nippers fastened to one side of the stern-jacket, near the hinge-like bolts which held it to the vessel, and on which it was raised and lowered. The Great War Syndicate In practice, I prefer holding the plate with nippers, fastened at one corner. American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype They worked rapidly and silently, timing their cutting with the roar of the guns that still kept up the artillery duel, so that the click of the nippers would be drowned in the heavier sound. Army Boys in the French Trenches Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy See that man there, a-talking to the detectives?— him with the gold nippers on his blooming sharp nose? The Orange-Yellow Diamond We had now to quiet the nipper in his box. Ruggles of Red Gap The nippers then opened, and the stern-jacket fell from their grasp into the sea, snapping in its fall the chain by which it had been raised and lowered. The Great War Syndicate You certainly were a downtrodden little nipper as ever was. A Little Bush Maid The cups of the nippers tend to an oval form. Common Diseases of Farm Animals Mr. Visscher took one hasty look at the great scarlet mass of voluptuous limbs and oceanic nippers, and sighed. Remarks At my carefully mild suggestion she has just brought the nipper in from where he was cattying the young fowls, much to their detriment. Ruggles of Red Gap In a moment the boom was swung around, the cannon reloaded, and when Crab K fixed her nippers on the rudder of the Adamant, two more shot came down upon her. The Great War Syndicate Taking nippers, they rode by night and cut down miles of fencing. Crooked Trails The nippers and dividers are oval in shape, and the cups have become decidedly narrow. Common Diseases of Farm Animals One of the combatants clasped his nippers firmly around one leg of the other, which for several hours struggled in vain to get free. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 In a goods box in the passage beyond I noted her nipper fast asleep, a mammoth beef-rib clasped to its fat chest. Ruggles of Red Gap This was quickly done, the crab attaching itself to the stern-post of the Adamant by a pair of towing nippers. The Great War Syndicate A little freckled nipper he was when I first knew him—one of those silent kids that don't say much and have as much obstinacy in them as if they were mules. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories The dark brown streak or dental star is situated in the central portion of the nippers and dividers. Common Diseases of Farm Animals Small fights, man to man, demanded still the power of a telescope, and distance made the trenchant arms of heroes, working right and left, appear like the nippers of an earwig. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War She has acute business judgment at most times, yet would fly at me in a rage if I were to say what I think of the nipper's appalling grossness. Ruggles of Red Gap Mr. Longdon, with nippers in place again, fixed on him a gravity that failed to prevent his discovering in the eyes behind them a shy reflexion of his irony. The Awkward Age Billy had a nipper of a nephew with him, about fourteen, named Tommy, an' he was a sharp kid if ever there was one. Children of the Bush The tables of the inferior nippers are becoming triangular and show a small, dark spot or dental star. Common Diseases of Farm Animals After a short time, however, they came on again, this time more cautiously, armed with nippers to cut the barbed wire and using the bodies of their own fallen comrades as a rampart. Four Weeks in the Trenches The War Story of a Violinist The nipper is horribly gulping at its food, jam smears quite all about its countenance. Ruggles of Red Gap His companion, as if to look at him with a due appreciation of this, stopped swinging the nippers and put them on. The Awkward Age He'd been at the game ever since he was a nipper. Children of the Bush The third, fourth and fifth years are indicated by the replacement of the temporary nippers, dividers and corners in the horse, and the first and second dividers and corner teeth in ruminants. Common Diseases of Farm Animals Not having attained their full growth, they are somewhat lower than the others, the mark in the two next nippers being nearly worn out, and is also wearing away in the corner nippers. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put "Our new nippers are beginning to squeeze to some tune in France and Belgium." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 19, 1917 At the drop of the Duchess's fan he restored his nippers. The Awkward Age "I never yet had any trouble finding a crime to charge a man with, once I got the nippers on him." Tutt and Mr. Tutt The shifting of the cups toward the posterior portion of the tables of the nippers and dividers is noticeable. Common Diseases of Farm Animals At seven years old the mark, in the way in which I have described it, is worn out in the four central nippers, and is also fast wearing away in the corner teeth. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put "He's barefooted," shouted Dab, with, it must be confessed, something like a grin; "and one of the little pirates has pinned him with his nippers." Dab Kinzer A Story of a Growing Boy Holding the disputed object, which he had put on his nippers to glance at, he presently, without speaking, looked over these aids straight at Nanda, who looked as straight back at him. The Awkward Age Then he carefully looked over the press and found the damaged nippers. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation The tables of the nippers and dividers are triangular. Common Diseases of Farm Animals Their corner nippers will be larger than the inside ones, yet smaller than they were, and flat, and nearly worn out. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put I think I have told you of the completeness of his arrangements--everything had been foreseen from grindstones to gas nippers. The Mystery "I don't suppose you ever bit like red-hot nippers, did you, Aunt Mary?" The Happy Adventurers The cylinder groaned, swung half around, and then the huge wooden "nippers" came down upon the table with a force that shattered them to kindlings. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation The nippers show oval table surfaces and the dividers are beginning to take on this shape. Common Diseases of Farm Animals There is nothing remaining in the bottom nippers by which the age of the mule can be positively ascertained. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put Here they found boxes containing nippers, chisels, and other instruments such as are used to undo the irons upon slaves. The People of the Mist "Next time I see Aunt Mary—bites like red-hot nippers—oh dear!" The Happy Adventurers In an hour Smith came back with new nippers, which he fitted to the steel frame. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation The two-year-old colt shows a well-worn set of incisor teeth, and the ruminant at this age has replaced the nippers or centrals. Common Diseases of Farm Animals At the age of three and a half or four years the next pair of nippers will be changed, and the mouth at that time cannot be mistaken. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put He was "usually drawn at the top of his own bills, sitting in his arm-chair, holding a little bottle between his finger and thumb, and surrounded with rotten teeth, nippers, pills, packets, and gallipots." Inns and Taverns of Old London "I will," returned the detective, and brought forth a pair of steel "nippers." The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes Or, the secret of the island cave He asked the cook if she couldn't give this nipper here a bite of something to eat, preferably something warm—he could do with it. Seven Icelandic Short Stories At this period in the animal's age, the nippers have been in wear two years, the dividers one year, and the corners are beginning to show wear. Common Diseases of Farm Animals The corner nippers are shed, and the permanent ones begin to appear. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put Taking the nippers, Mr. Jones snipped off from one-third to one-half the length of the branches from one of the bushes and cut out the old dead cane. Driven Back to Eden Screwdriver, small saw, hammer, chisel, file, gimlet, leather-punch, wire nipper, screw wrench, large scissors, etc. Spinifex and Sand "Hadn't seen so many together since he was a nipper"; and after we had introduced him to our favourites, we played with our new toys like a parcel of children, until supper time. We of the Never-Never The nippers are round, the cups triangular and the dark streak narrower and more distinct than the previous year. Common Diseases of Farm Animals At six years old the mark on the central nippers is worn out. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put Him, what I discovered reading Sir Walter Scott with the cover off when he was a nipper with no clothes on? The Fortunate Youth At the ends of these thin legs were immense claws shaped like those of a lobster, and they were real "nippers" of a most dangerous sort. The Sea Fairies "Reminds me of when I was a nipper," and the other traveller "reckoned" he had struck it lucky for once. We of the Never-Never The nippers show a well-defined dark streak just in front of the cups. Common Diseases of Farm Animals At eight years old the mark is gone from all the bottom nippers, and may be said to be quite out of the mouth. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put And go through the streets of Hickney Heath with it, and say if you like: 'I knew him when' he was a nipper—that high.' The Fortunate Youth The operator then pinches it between the ends of a pair of nippers, which are formed of brass, and on one side of which the device intended for the seal has been carved in relief. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures D—n my heart, if you clap your nippers on me, till I know wherefore! The Adventures of Roderick Random The table surfaces of the inferior nippers are decidedly rounded, the cups are small, triangular and situated well toward the posterior borders. Common Diseases of Farm Animals As the permanent nippers wear and continue to grow, a narrow portion of the cone-shaped tooth is exposed to the attrition; and they look as if they had been compressed. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put Here is my method: with the point of a knife and a pair of nippers, I make a side opening, a window, beneath the dome of Eumenes Amedei and Eumenes pomiformis. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects "You can take dose nippers off," said Kohen to the detective. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million Twist the wire over the top with a pair of nippers till the two bowls are fitted closely together, and you have a retort that will stand any heat necessary to thoroughly distil mercury. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students He made no allusions now to "'is little nipper," said nothing about that holy soul his mother, and never mentioned his liking for Jeremy. Jeremy At four years the central nippers will be fully developed, the sharp edges somewhat worn off, and the marks shorter, wider, and fainter. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put The double clamshell merely forms a pair of Indian nippers. Tish The detective threw himself upon Brady and with Kohen's aid got the nippers on his wrist. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million These intervals, these measured bites and the insect's watchful attitude have every appearance of telling us that the operator is noting the effect produced before giving a fresh pinch of the nippers. More Hunting Wasps It perches on a leaf, which the nippers of the mandibles cut half across. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Neither her audacity nor her slyness will make her escape the lynx eyes of the sentinel, who will put her to flight with a threatening gesture or, if she persist, crush her with her nippers. Bramble-Bees and Others I think he saw how disappointed Tish was and was afraid she would attempt it while he slept, for he threw the Indian nippers into the lake and then went over and kissed her hand. Tish Why, when I was a nipper every morning of my life I had a cold bath, winter and summer. Dubliners My eye! what nippers the old thing has got! Little Men Now from the point of each wing sprang out thin lines of men, looking like great horns, or nippers, whose business it was to meet and cut them off. Benita, an African romance Adolf took a bottle of champagne—from a cupboard and held nippers to it. Villa Rubein, and other stories Nicola, clad in an apron, and with his sleeves rolled up, was picking out the putty from the window-frames with a pair of nippers, and unfastening the screws. Youth Its teeth are exposed, and so arranged that, when they meet, the edges cut a hook like nippers. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 The doctor's daughter at Flickerbridge, with nippers on her nose, a palette on her thumb and innocence in her heart, had been the miraculous link. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] When they rushed through them the foremost men of the nippers were not more than twenty yards apart. Benita, an African romance Suddenly the line flashed through his hand, stinging even through the "nippers," the woolen circlets supposed to protect it. Captains Courageous "And now, lastly, you,"—he said to Gregory,—"the little nipper, the tiny tot of the party." The Slowcoach D’you think you know more about fowls than I, who have handled them ever since I was a nipper? The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes With a perpetual anxiety to avoid the nippers his artistry dwindled. A Book of Scoundrels Very well, you shall have the nipper; the fair Clarisse shall live; and we will all be happy. The Crystal Stopper They came to barbed wire defenses, or what remained of them, cut the wire with nippers and pulled up the posts. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot I was camping out with my youngest son— Bit of a nipper just learnt to speak— In an empty hut on the lower run, Shooting and fishing in Conroy's Creek. Saltbush Bill, J. P. I was a thankless kid at the best of times—most kids are—but otherwise I was a straight enough little chap as nippers go. On the Track Another instant, and he had severed the wires with a pair of nippers. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale Want me to go back and get the wire nippers so we can let them poor little sheep down into the meadow? The Flying U Ranch There are women who look charming in nippers. Glasses When I was a nipper we reckoned that his ghost haunted the gap, and cursed in Chinese because the bones hadn't been sent home to China. Joe Wilson and His Mates I worked on their station for a while when I was a nipper, and I know. Joe Wilson and His Mates |
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