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pinche
(encz) | pinche, n: |
pinche
(gcide) | Teetee \Tee"tee\, n. [Sp. tit['i].]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred
South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix,
Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee
(Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee
(Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and
saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel.
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2. (Zool.) A diving petrel of Australia ({Halodroma
wrinatrix}).
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pinche
(wn) | pinche
n 1: South American tamarin with a tufted head [syn: pinche,
Leontocebus oedipus] |
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penny pincher
(encz) | penny pincher,držgrešle Michal Ambrož |
penny-pincher
(encz) | penny-pincher, |
pinched
(encz) | pinched,scvrklý adj: broučkovápinched,vyzáblý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pincher
(encz) | pincher,štípač n: Jaroslav Šedivý |
pinches
(encz) | pinches, |
adenoidal pinched nasal
(gcide) | high-pitched \high-pitched\ adj.
1. high in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices.
Opposite of low. [Narrower terms: {adenoidal, pinched,
nasal}; altissimo; alto; countertenor, alto;
falsetto; peaky, spiky; piping; shrill, sharp;
screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing;
soprano, treble; sopranino; tenor]
Syn: high.
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2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched
roof.
Syn: steeply pitched, steep.
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Belly-pinched
(gcide) | Belly-pinched \Bel"ly-pinched`\, a.
Pinched with hunger; starved. "The belly-pinched wolf."
--Shak.
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Bepinched
(gcide) | Bepinch \Be*pinch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bepinched.]
To pinch, or mark with pinches. --Chapman.
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Penny pincher
(gcide) | Penny \Pen*ny\, n.; pl. Penniesor Pence (p[e^]ns). Pennies
denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in
value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D.
penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr;
of uncertain origin.]
1. A former English coin, originally of copper, then of
bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account
value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; --
usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of
denarius).
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Note: "The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the
only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent
. . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier."
--R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about
three pence sterling (see Pennyweight). The old
Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the
English coin. In the United States the word penny is
popularly used for cent.
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2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. --Shak.
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3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
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What penny hath Rome borne,
What men provided, what munition sent? --Shak.
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4. (Script.) See Denarius.
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Penny cress (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family,
having round, flat pods like silver pennies ({Thlaspi
arvense}). Also spelled pennycress. --Dr. Prior.
Penny dog (Zool.), a kind of shark found on the South coast
of Britain: the tope.
Penny pincher, Penny father, a penurious person; a miser;
a niggard. The latter phrase is now obsolete. --Robinson
(More's Utopia).
Penny grass (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.]
Penny post, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a
mail carrier.
Penny wise, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving
small sums while losing larger; penny-wise; -- used
chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish.
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Pinched
(gcide) | Pinch \Pinch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pinching.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch;
akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin.
Cf. Piece.]
1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers,
between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an
instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two
hard bodies.
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2. to seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.]
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He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down.
--Chapman.
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3. To plait. [Obs.]
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Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. --Chaucer.
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4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to
starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
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Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a
pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
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6. To seize by way of theft; to steal; to lift. [Slang]
--Robert Barr.
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7. to catch; to arrest (a criminal).
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Pinchem
(gcide) | Pinchem \Pin"chem\, n. (Zool.)
The European blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pincher
(gcide) | Pincher \Pinch"er\, n.
One who, or that which, pinches.
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Pinchers
(gcide) | Pinchers \Pinch"ers\, n. pl. [From Pinch.]
An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws
working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held
fast, drawing nails, etc.
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Note: This spelling is preferable to pincers, both on account
of its derivation from the English pinch, and because
it represents the common pronunciation.
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penny pincher
(wn) | penny pincher
n 1: someone who is excessively careful with money (who pinches
every penny before letting go of it) |
pinched
(wn) | pinched
adj 1: sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal
voice" [syn: adenoidal, pinched, nasal]
2: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
"emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men
and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small
pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim
concentration" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated,
gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]
3: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: {hard
up}, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p),
penniless, penurious, pinched]
4: as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her
pointed shoes were killing her" |
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