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Webster 1913 Edition
Pincher
Pinch′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, pinches.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pincher
PINCH'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pincher
pincher
English
Noun
pincher (plural pinchers)
- A person or thing that pinches, as in squeezing; e.g. a miser or penny pincher.
- A person or thing that pinches, as in stealing; e.g. a thief or kleptomaniac.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII and XII:
- “And they would certainly take offence, were their son to be accused of theft.” “It would stir them up like an egg whisk. I mean, however well they know that Wilbert is a pincher, they don't want to have it rubbed in.” [...] “And if ever a man needed to be constantly under an eye, it's the above kleptomaniac.” “The what?” “Haven't you been told? Wilbert's a pincher. [...] He pinches things. Everything that isn't nailed down is grist to his mill.”
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- Misspelling of pincer.