pinchableadj.
/ˈpɪn(t)ʃəbl/, U.S. /ˈpɪn(t)ʃəb(ə)l/ That may be pinched. Also: that invites pinching, esp. by being particularly attractive.
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1921 Public Opinion 15 July 56/1 The greater the pinchable surface, the sharper the tweak that you will get.
1977 P. Ustinov Dear Me ix. 120 This volatile hedonist, with his unending stream of pinchable starlets.
1992 Daily Tel. (BNC) 4 Apr. (Arts section) 15 The little pinchable one will find it hard to settle down to housewife piety.
Derivatives
ˈpinchably adv.
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1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake iii. 417 As entomate as intimate could pinchably be.
2003 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 4 Aug. 7 b Jonathan Lipnicki has done some growing since he played Renée Zellweger's pinchably cute son, Ray, in the movie Jerry Maguire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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