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Noun: whippersnapper  'wi-pu(r),sna-pu(r)
Usage: informal
  1. Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
    - jackanapes [archaic]

Derived forms: whippersnappers

See also: lightweight

Type of: cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity

Encyclopedia: Whippersnapper

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