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pinches at

pinches at is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pinches at

What is pinches at the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pinches at is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pinch at.

Words near pinches at in the dictionary

  1. Pincher Creek
  2. Pinchergate
  3. pinchers
  4. pinches
  5. pinches a loaf
  6. pinches at
  7. pinches of salt
  8. pinches off
  9. pinches one off
  10. pinches out
  11. pinchfist

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