Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form.
A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhiting have been caught around four-ways with freshly pumped nippers proving to be the most productive bait. Source: Internet
Hat Head Surf Life Saving Club’s nippers co-ordinator, age and team manager Nicole Browne nominated Zoe for selection into the representative team. Source: Internet