a-pinchadv.
/əˈpɪnʃ/ Pinching, so as to pinch.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adverb]
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1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iv. 149 Has Dickens turned his hinge A-pinch upon the fingers of the great?
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