pinching nut

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pinching nut - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pinching \Pinch"ing\, a.
     Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold;
     a pinching parsimony.
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     Pinching bar, a pinch bar. See Pinch, n., 4.
  
     Pinching nut, a check nut. See under Check, n.
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