Talk:pinch at
Latest comment: 2 years ago by This, that and the other in topic RFV discussion: February–March 2022
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- (obsolete) To find fault with; to take exception to.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- he could indite, and make a thing
That coulde no man pinch at- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Tagged by Astova, not listed (“Chaucer is Middle English (enm), and citation is dubious (not found searching here for "pinch")”). J3133 (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- This can be cited from here, I expect. This, that and the other (talk) 09:36, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Cited with some very dry and dusty old quotes, one of which has a title longer than the quote itself... This, that and the other (talk) 10:36, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
RFV-passed This, that and the other (talk) 11:33, 14 March 2022 (UTC)