PINCH (2)

pinch (2). Pinch, n. a painful squeeze, press, gall, hurt, be frugal

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Pinch, v. i. 1. 1. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.
2. 2. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
3. 3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. Gower.
The wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare. Franklin. To pinch at, to find fault with; to take exception to. Chaucer.