Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Kiddy nipper
subs. phr. (old).—See quot.
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1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. KIDDY NIPPERS, thieves who cut off the waistcoat pockets of taylors, when cross legged on the board, thereby grabbling their bit.
