Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sparingly; parsimoniously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a pinching way.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb So as to
pinch ; with greatpoverty orstinginess .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Old Gerry from 1998, only 29 and STILL cheek pinchingly adorable!
dailycomic Diary Entry dailycomic 2008
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He was lone as a mateless hawk, there on the ledge, against the wall whose stones were pinchingly cold to the small of his back and his spread-eagled arms.
The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918
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Casting up the matter "as pinchingly as possibly might be"
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Casting up the matter "as pinchingly as possibly might be"
Quotations from John L. Motley Works John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Casting up the matter "as pinchingly as possibly might be"
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Casting up the matter "as pinchingly as possibly might be"
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Casting up the matter "as pinchingly as possibly might be"
Quotations from John L. Motley Works John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Casting up the matter "as pinchingly as possibly might be"
Quotations from John L. Motley Works John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Casting up the matter "as pinchingly as possibly might be"
Quotations from John L. Motley Works John Lothrop Motley 1845
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They then held council together -- the envoys and the State-General, as to the amount of troops absolutely necessary -- casting up the matter "as pinchingly as possibly might be."
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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