| 词组 | nipper |
| 释义 | nipper noun 1 a baby or young child UK, 1859. 2 a young lad employed to do menial tasks for a group of labourers AUSTRALIA, 1915. 3 a sandfly BAHAMAS, 1982. 4 in target shooting, a shot that just nicks a ring, scoring as if it had fallen within the ring US, 1957. 5 a railway brakeman US, 1977 nippersold-fashioned slang Two strong hoops typically made of metal and connected by a chain or rope that are used to secure the hands or feet of a prisoner; handcuffs. They had my hands and feet in nippers as they marched me through the streets to the courthouse, people pelting me with rotten fruit and vegetables the whole way. nippers n. handcuffs; leg fetters. No, not the nippers. They hurt my arms. |
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