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Pincher Creek

Pincher Creek proper noun: a town in southern Alberta, Canada.

Proper noun

Pincher Creek

  1. A town in southern Alberta, Canada.
  2. A municipal district in southern Alberta, in which the town is located; in full, the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9.

Origin of Pincher Creek

Named for a pair of pincers lost and found in a local creek.

Questions about Pincher Creek

What does Pincher Creek mean?
Pincher Creek means a town in southern Alberta, Canada.
What part of speech is Pincher Creek?
Pincher Creek is a proper noun.

Words near Pincher Creek in the dictionary

  1. pinched out
  2. pinchedly
  3. pinchedness
  4. Pinchefsky
  5. pincher
  6. Pincher Creek
  7. Pinchergate
  8. pinchers
  9. pinches
  10. pinches a loaf
  11. pinches at

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