Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete and more original form of
nip .
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Examples
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That is really the "knip" of all that argument of his.
Complete Project Gutenberg Abraham Lincoln Writings Abraham Lincoln 1837
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That is really the "knip" of all that argument of his.
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 Abraham Lincoln 1837
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That is really the knip of all that argument of his.
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No. 2 pulled the bar of the press toward her, and at the moment of contact threw herself back with sudden vigor and gave the telling knip; the types were again covered with ink, the sheet reversed, and
It Is Never Too Late to Mend Charles Reade 1849
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_ A pox of their considering Caps, and now they find that you can soar alone, they send for you to knip your spreading Wings.
The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV. Aphra Behn 1664
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Michel Gondry brak door als clipregisseur met kunstzinnig knip -, en plakwerk waarbij Björk en The White Stripes personages werden in hun eigen clips.
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Michel Gondry brak door als clipregisseur met kunstzinnig knip -, en plakwerk waarbij Björk en The White Stripes personages werden in hun eigen clips.
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a Conqueror '.p. 248, l. 12 _knip. _ 1724 mis-spells this rare word' nip '.
The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV. Aphra Behn 1664
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