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pinched at

pinched at is the simple past and past participle of pinch at.

Meaning of pinch at

Verb

pinch at (third-person singular simple present pinches at, present participle pinching at, simple past and past participle pinched at)

  1. (obsolete) To find fault with; to take exception to.
    • […]and lastly in what case the Putcase, and his fellowes are, that in broade speeches openly, and in printed bookes directly oppugne them; and by calumnious questions pinch at them?1592, Matthew Sutcliffe1, “CERTAINE QVESTIONS PROPOVNDED to the Putcase and his adherents”, in An Answer to a certaine libel supplicatorie, […] and also to certaine calumnious articles […] to the...

Questions about pinched at

What is pinched at the simple past and past participle of?
Pinched at is the simple past and past participle of pinch at.

Words near pinched at in the dictionary

  1. pinchcommons
  2. pincheck
  3. pinchecks
  4. pinched
  5. pinched a loaf
  6. pinched at
  7. pinched off
  8. pinched one off
  9. pinched out
  10. pinchedly
  11. pinchedness

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