From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nipper \Nip"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, nips.
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2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
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3. A satirist. [Obs.] --Ascham.
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4. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [Old Cant]
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5. (Zool.)
(a) The cunner.
(b) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).
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