Etymology

whipper snipper

Today it means: A string trimmer; a strimmer. Full definition →

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The story

A brand name, first registered in Canada in 1976 as Whippersnipper, with Whipper Snipper as a variant.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.