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Definition of pinched adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pinched

adjective
 
/pɪntʃt/
 
/pɪntʃt/
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  1. (of a person’s face) pale and thin, especially because of illness, cold or worry
    • His features were greyish and pinched.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPinched is used with these nouns:
    • face
    • nerve
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