She had a happy faculty for doing what she called putting young whippersnappers in their proper places.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Celia, we mustn't let those little whippersnappers have it all their own way.
"A Dear Little Girl at School"
Amy E. Blanchard
It seems incredible that so great a change should have taken place in so short a time, considering that these sea-rovers were so firmly persuaded that their profession was as lawful as any other, and that they were persecuted and hounded to death by a set of whippersnappers who made insufferable laws!
"Looking Seaward Again"
Walter Runciman