Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whippersnapper"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Whippersnapper \Whip"per*snap`per\, n.
A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person.
[Colloq.] ``Little whippersnappers like you.'' --T. Hughes.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

whippersnapper
n : someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous [syn:
{jackanapes}, {lightweight}]


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