† unnippedadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Not nipped.
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1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unnipped, not nipped.
1855 R. Browning Lovers' Quarrel xx, in Men & Women I. 20 Then..We can stand apart, Heart dispense with heart In the sun, with the flowers unnipped.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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