But, if the penny Pinchers in the council of finance refuse to advance the necessary funds, why-charge this medicine to my account.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
Somehow Mike's Pinchers kept jumpin' the track and at every slip a new wrinkle showed in the patient's face-patient is the right word, all right-and we didn't make no more show at loosenin' that tusk than as if we'd tried to pull up Mount Bill Williams with a silk thread.
"Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories"
Rex Beach
The Samuel Josephs fought fearfully for the prizes and cheated and pinched one another's arms-they were all expert Pinchers.
"The Garden Party"
Katherine Mansfield