Pinching bar

Pinching bar
Pinching Pinch"ing, a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. [1913 Webster]

{Pinching bar}, a pinch bar. See {Pinch}, n., 4.

{Pinching nut}, a check nut. See under {Check}, n. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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