Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that pinches.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pinchem . - noun One who or that which pinches.
- noun A niggard; a miser.
- noun Among quarrymen, etc., a person using a pinch, in contradistinction to those moving stones, etc., otherwise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, pinches.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person or thing that
pinches , as in squeezing; e.g. amiser orpenny pincher . - noun A person or thing that
pinches , as in stealing; e.g. athief orkleptomaniac . - noun Common misspelling of
pincer .
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Examples
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There is no evidence that they transmit disease or otherwise harm humans or other animals, despite their nickname pincher bug.
News 2009
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But a book which lies about downstairs is the legitimate prey of every book "pincher" who strays across your threshold.
Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Richard King 1913
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One temporary "pincher" was junior and second-year ag student Curtis Tenbrook.
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Then again, I'm a "pincher" and tend to hold a pen a little tighter than I should.
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Oh, I ain't a pincher, an 'I know you like dancin'.
CHAPTER VII 2010
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"I'll show I ain't a pincher," Nishikanta announced one day, after having broiled at the mast-head for five hours of sea-searching.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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Durring a recession, the govt should be the last group to play penny pincher with finances since the govts money is actually the people's money
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"I'm goin 'to turn pincher, now," he announced, after quite an interval of meditation.
CHAPTER V 2010
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Judge ignores legislation, gives bum pincher light sentence
Serial bum pinching and statutory interpretation : Law is Cool 2009
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"The pincher," was his thought; "too miserly to burn two cents 'worth of gas and save his boarders' necks."
Chapter 3 2010
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