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pinched s. [
adenoidal, nasal] sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice"
. wn #2
pinched s. [
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted] 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"
. wn #3
pinched s. [
hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious] not having enough money to pay for necessities
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