whippersnapper

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But that doesn't mean he respects Red Sox Nation authority the way a young whippersnapper -- even one of his prodigious talents -- might.

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  • This may be before your time, whippersnapper, but back when Philebrity was just a gleam in our eyes, —  :::Philebrity...media, culture, music and more:::
  • Listen up you young whippersnapper, are you an NFL ref?
  • But that doesn't mean he respects Red Sox Nation authority the way a young whippersnapper -- even one of his prodigious talents -- might. —  BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs
  • It's interesting to see the developing nature of multicast programming, like the announcement yesterday that a radio upstart -- whippersnapper KDKA -- is airing the content of its AM outlet on the HD3 channels of three CBS Radio FMs in town. —  RWOnline
  • I don't mean to sound like a young whippersnapper, but I find it hard to imagine anyone getting excited about a 30-cent-off token. —  The Roanoke Times: Home page
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  1. Alteration (influenced by whip) of dialectal snippersnapper.
 

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