Found 1 hit - Term: to pinch at, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pinch \pinch\, v. i.
1. to act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as,
the shoe pinches.
1913 webster
2. hunt. to take hold; to grip, as a dog does. obs.
1913 webster
3. to spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. --gower.
1913 webster
the wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare.
--franklin.
1913 webster
to pinch at, to find fault with; to take exception to.
obs. --chaucer.
1913 webster
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to pinch at
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