Meaning of PINCHING
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| | Definition: | | \Pinch"ing\, a.
Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold;
a pinching parsimony.
{Pinching bar}, a pinch bar. See {Pinch}, n., 4.
{Pinching nut}, a check nut. See under {Check}, n.
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