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Meanings of pincher in English

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The claw, talon or pincher is essentially a curved taper which is worn in stretched ear lobe piercings.

Usage of pincher in English
1
I like to get good value, but I'm not a penny pincher.
The Irish Times
2
Penny-pincher-in-chief Francis Maude would have the whole of Whitehall working this way.
The Guardian
3
Wouldn't she give the old penny-pincher hell if she had him here?
Somewhere in Red Gap
4
A lute-strummer, a catgut-pincher, and a Neapolitan into the bargain!'
Stradella
5
A more experienced penny pincher would have known to price installation before buying the tile.
Happiness key
6
Mr Visconti was always a great pincher.
Travels With My Aunt
7
Kurt now began to cry out, too: "Let go your pincher-claws-we'llget to school late."
Maezli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys
8
My uncle is a regular penny-pincher.
In a gilded cage
9
His character was a penny-pincher who seemed to know the value of everything, which can be seen in the clip below.
Ebony
10
It certainly wasn't Tidy's fault if Pincher heard his request without enthusiasm.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
11
Will's story comes from the far side of the grave, Pincher Martin-style.
The Guardian
12
And seeing such great fellows moving upon Ulster, Pincher had held back.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
13
That is why he made the decision that he did, said Pincher.
The Guardian
14
Doctor Pincher had been in a bad temper for over a year.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
15
You know that, Pincher, I told you that about a hundred times.
The passage
16
Such deep and tangled roots would have been quite unknown to Pincher.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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Pincher through the time