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  • In that rather preposterous book of our youth, the “Swiss Family Robinson, ” mention is made of a tame monkey called Nips, which was used to test all edible-looking things as to the healthfulness of which the adventurers felt doubtful; and because of the obvious resemblance of function we christened this younger hunter Nips.

    III. A Jaguar-Hunt on the Taquary 1914

  • "Swiss Family Robinson," mention is made of a tame monkey called Nips, which was used to test all edible-looking things as to the healthfulness of which the adventurers felt doubtful; and because of the obvious resemblance of function we christened this younger hunter

    Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

  • I'm finally getting my ass in gear over what to do with those little items that are worth mentioning but don't warrant an entire post: I'm filing them in series of posts called Nips, after those little bottles of booze you get on airplanes, in hotel minibars or at liquor-store checkout counters.

    drinkboston.com 2009

  • I can't stand it now frankly but not for any reference to "Nips" but the extreme selfishness of all characters...

    This modesty thing... Terry Nelson 2006

  • And, oh, Tony tries to convince Max to let him perform oral sex on him while Tony's girlfriend Michelle (whom he still insists on calling "Nips") sleeps a few feet away.

    Televisionary 2008

  • But the company tells me that it's doing as good a job as circumstances permit -- "circumstances" being that most healthier ingredients don't have the necessary months-long shelf life, and, basically, kids like Cheese Nips more than carrots.

    Michael F. Jacobson: Trashables: Oscar Mayer's Lunchables Are Nasty -- But the Message to Kids Is Worse Michael F. Jacobson 2011

  • But the company tells me that it's doing as good a job as circumstances permit -- "circumstances" being that most healthier ingredients don't have the necessary months-long shelf life, and, basically, kids like Cheese Nips more than carrots.

    Michael F. Jacobson: Trashables: Oscar Mayer's Lunchables Are Nasty -- But the Message to Kids Is Worse Michael F. Jacobson 2011

  • But the company tells me that it's doing as good a job as circumstances permit -- "circumstances" being that most healthier ingredients don't have the necessary months-long shelf life, and, basically, kids like Cheese Nips more than carrots.

    Michael F. Jacobson: Trashables: Oscar Mayer's Lunchables Are Nasty -- But the Message to Kids Is Worse Michael F. Jacobson 2011

  • But the company tells me that it's doing as good a job as circumstances permit -- "circumstances" being that most healthier ingredients don't have the necessary months-long shelf life, and, basically, kids like Cheese Nips more than carrots.

    Michael F. Jacobson: Trashables: Oscar Mayer's Lunchables Are Nasty -- But the Message to Kids Is Worse Michael F. Jacobson 2011

  • But the company tells me that it's doing as good a job as circumstances permit -- "circumstances" being that most healthier ingredients don't have the necessary months-long shelf life, and, basically, kids like Cheese Nips more than carrots.

    Michael F. Jacobson: Trashables: Oscar Mayer's Lunchables Are Nasty -- But the Message to Kids Is Worse Michael F. Jacobson 2011

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