pincher

See also: Pincher

English

Etymology

pinch +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪntʃə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnt͡ʃɚ/
• Homophone: pinscher

Noun

pincher (plural pinchers)

1. A person or thing that pinches, as in squeezing; e.g. a miser or penny pincher.
   • 1967, Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones, Donald Bain (uncredited), Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses, New York: Bantam Books, page 3:

     The troubles can be endless: a mix-up on meals, a shortage of liquor, engine difficulties, other mechanical quirks, male pinchers, female whiners, vomiting children, two-timing stewardesses who steal your man, and, once in awhile, a plane that takes a good friend to a fiery death.

2. A person or thing that pinches, as in stealing; e.g. a thief or kleptomaniac.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     “And they would certainly take offence, were their son to be accused of theft.” “It would stir them up like an egg whisk. I mean, however well they know that Wilbert is a pincher, they don't want to have it rubbed in.”

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     “And if ever a man needed to be constantly under an eye, it's the above kleptomaniac.” “The what?” “Haven't you been told? Wilbert's a pincher. […] He pinches things. Everything that isn't nailed down is grist to his mill.”

3. Dated form of pincer.

Derived terms

• Pincher Creek

Anagrams

• nephric, phrenic

Spanish

Noun

pincher m (plural pinchers or pincher)

1. pinscher