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pinch barpinch hit
pinch hitter
pinch pennies
pinch-hit
pinch-hitter
Pinchas Zukerman
Pinchbeck
Pinchcock
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Pinchem
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Pinching
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Pinchingly
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pinchpenny
Pinckney
Pinckneya
Pinckneya pubens
Pincoffin
Pincpinc
Pinctada
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PINCH'ERS, n. plu. [from pinch, not from the French pincette.]
An instrument for drawing nails from boards and the like, or for griping things to be held fast.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Pinchers Pinch"ers, n. pl. [From Pinch.] An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc. Note: This spelling is preferable to pincers, both on account of its derivation from the English pinch, and because it represents the common pronunciation.
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Rogues who, in changing money, by dexterity of hand frequently secrete two or three shillings out of the change of a guinea. This species of roguery is called the pinch, or pinching lay.
