or use Advanced Search
if you are searching for a compound word, note that it might appear in any of three ways, reflecting varied editorial practice: spaced ('house keeper'), solid ('housekeeper'), or hyphenated ('house-keeper')

Search results

Search phrase: pinching

Plays

 2 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CymbelineCym III.iii.38In this our pinching cave shall we discourseIn this our pinching Caue, shall we discourse
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.115But to be paddling palms and pinching fingers,But to be padling Palmes, and pinching Fingers,

Poems

 0 result(s).

Glossary

 2 result(s).
nip[as of pinching off the buds on a plant] cut short one's growth, check one's development
pinchingbitingly cold; or: narrowly restricting

Thesaurus

 0 result(s).

Themes and Topics

 0 result(s).

Words Families

 0 result(s).

Snippets

 0 result(s).
x

Jump directly to