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Definition of Nibbler
1. Noun. A biter who takes dainty repeated bites.
Definition of Nibbler
1. n. One who, or that which, nibbles.
Definition of Nibbler
1. Noun. someone who nibbles ¹
2. Noun. a tool for cutting sheet metal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nibbler
1. one that nibbles [n -S] - See also: nibbles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nibbler
Literary usage of Nibbler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
""Have any of you seen nibbler?" asked Old Mother Nature. "I have," replied Danny
Meadow Mouse. "Once I was carried to Farmer Brown's barn in a shock of corn ..."
2. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum (1921)
"Bread nibbler again came into the fray. He rushed furiously upon Puff Jaw ...
Bread nibbler came upon Puff Jaw, and the two great kings faced each other. ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1891)
"The biscuit-nibbler selected a fresh dainty from the counter, and Wingate
abstractedly walked to the •window and rubbed the glass ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"—VAUX (1819) ; GOOSE (1823). 2. Sec NIBBLE. NIBBLE, verb. (old).—i. To catch ;
to steal. Also to cheat. Whence nibbler (or ..."
5. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Gk. грант]!, a nibbler, also a fish with sharp teeth. ... nibbler.' Cf. Troglodyte.
Trover, an action at law arising out of the finding of goods. ..."
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