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"ref": "1859, Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King, Merlin and Vivien:",
"text": "May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell, Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat, If I be such a traitress.",
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"ref": "1611, Thomas Middleton, “The Roaring Girl”, in Arthur Henry Bullen, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume 4, published 1885, act 5, scene 1, pages 128–129:",
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"ref": "1712, J. Shirley, “The Black Procession”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, verse 4, published 1896, page 38:",
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"ref": "1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 136]",
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{
"form": "nipped",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "nipped",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58:",
"text": "My trip ends at Wrexham General. While the '150' trundles the final half-mile down the single line to Wrexham Central, I nip over the footbridge to explore the main part of the station.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip."
],
"links": [
[
"round trip",
"round trip"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
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"enpr": "nĭp"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪp/"
},
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"audio": "En-au-nip.ogg",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪp"
}
],
"word": "nip"
}
{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɪp",
"Rhymes:English/ɪp/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 5,
"etymology_text": "Canada 1931.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nips",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "nip (plural nips)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Manitoba English",
"Northwestern Ontario English"
],
"glosses": [
"A hamburger."
],
"links": [
[
"hamburger",
"hamburger"
]
],
"qualifier": "Manitoba",
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"(Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger."
],
"tags": [
"Northwestern",
"Ontario"
]
}
],
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"enpr": "nĭp"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪp/"
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"audio": "En-au-nip.ogg",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪp"
}
],
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}
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