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pincher

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English

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Etymology

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From pinch +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pincher (plural pinchers)

  1. A person or thing that pinches, as in squeezing; e.g. a miser or penny pincher.
    • 1967, Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones, Donald Bain (uncredited), Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses, New York: Bantam Books, page 3:
      The troubles can be endless: a mix-up on meals, a shortage of liquor, engine difficulties, other mechanical quirks, male pinchers, female whiners, vomiting children, two-timing stewardesses who steal your man, and, once in awhile, a plane that takes a good friend to a fiery death.
  2. A person or thing that pinches, as in stealing; e.g. a thief or kleptomaniac.
  3. Dated form of pincer.
  4. Eggcorn of pincer.

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Noun

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pincher m (plural pinchers or pincher)

  1. pinscher