pinch
— Verb
– English
~ make ridges into by pinching together
penny-pinch
— Verb
– English
~ spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
pinchbeck
— Noun
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~ an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
pinchbeck
— Adjective
– English
~ serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"
pinche
— Noun
– English
~ South American tamarin with a tufted head
pinched
— Adjective
– English
~ sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice"
pinched
— Adjective
– English
~ not having enough money to pay for necessities
pinched
— Adjective
– English
~ as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
pinched
— Adjective
– English
~ very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "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"
penny pincher
— Noun
– English
~ someone who is excessively careful with money (who pinches every penny before letting go of it)
pinchgut
— Noun
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~ a niggardly person who starves himself (and others)
penny-pinching
— Noun
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~ extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
penny-pinching
— Adjective
– English
~ giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
Pinckneya
— Noun
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~ small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America
Pinctada margaritifera
— Noun
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~ tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls
pincurl clip
— Noun
– English
~ a variety of clip for holding pin curls
pincus
— Noun
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~ United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
pincushion hakea
— Noun
– English
~ tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia
pincushion flower
— Noun
– English
~ Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States