pinching
noun B1- The act of one who or that which pinches.
- The act of pinching off new growth.
- theft
Plural pinchings
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Then I’d pinch myself to see if it was real--until suddenly I remembered that even supposing it was only a dream I’d better go on dreaming as long as I could; so I stopped pinching.
No sooner had he walked to the city wall than the monkeys pulled him back, telling him that he did not know how happy he was, and pinching him to make him grateful.
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