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whippersnapper (n.)
1670s, apparently a "jingling extension" [OED] of
*whip-snapper
"a cracker of whips," or perhaps an alteration of
snipper-snapper
(1590s). Cf. also late 16c.
whipperginnie
, a term of abuse for a woman.
