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Definition of "pinchers" []

  • Variant of pincers. (noun-plural)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pinchers" in a sentence
  • "Now, not surprisingly, the suggestion that Jews are excellent penny pinchers, which is an old stereotype, offended many and triggered a wave of denunciations."
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  • "It was the prospect of seeing her which, above all else, had lent, in anticipation, an altogether new radiance to the day when he should present himself in his home with the long-tasseled student cap on his head, the unnecessary "pinchers" on his nose, and with the other traditional paraphernalia of the Norwegian student."