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sounding as if the nose were pinched
"a whining nasal voice"
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted(adj)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"
hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched(adj)not having enough money to pay for necessities
pinched(adj)as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
"her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
an instance of theftthe pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me!
the act of taking into one's control by authority of lawan innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or numberthis labor pinch means that there'll be long lines at the checkouts
to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or pointsthe zipper on those jeans always pinches me
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keeppinched the earrings while the boutique owner was distracted by another customer
to take or keep under one's control by authority of lawpinched the purse snatcher just two blocks from where he had robbed the old lady
to avoid unnecessary waste or expenseif we pinch hard for the upcoming year, we can probably afford the vacation at that fancy resort
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