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Examples
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He could hear his father muttering "Whipper-snapper!"
Clayhanger Arnold Bennett 1899
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Whipper-snapper! 'replied the valiant Knifegrinder,' come a little nearer, and let me squash you between finger and thumb! '
Tales of the Punjab 1894
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There was little Whipper-snapper, his younger brother, squeaking out in another corner, 'I shan't make a pie, James, I shall make toffey; it's far better fun.
Aunt Judy's Tales Alfred Gatty 1841
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"'And I only wanted to make some toffey!' cries Whipper-snapper; and then mamma answers, like a duchess at court: -
Aunt Judy's Tales Alfred Gatty 1841
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