pinch

pinch

1. n. a small amount of a powdered substance, such as salt, snuff, a spice, etc. (Not slang.) He put a pinch under his lips and walked up to home plate.
2. tv. to arrest someone. The police captain pinched her for passing bad checks.
3. n. the arrest of someone. They made the pinch in front of her house.
4. tv. to steal something. (see also cop.) The kid pinched a candy bar right off the counter.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a pinch and a punch for the first of the month
  • at a pinch
  • at a pinch/push
  • feel pinched
  • feel the pinch
  • in a pinch
  • only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches
  • pinch
  • pinch and scrape
  • pinch at (someone or something)
  • pinch back
  • pinch for
  • pinch from
  • pinch from (one)
  • pinch hitter
  • pinch off
  • pinch one off
  • pinch one out
  • pinch out
  • pinch pennies
  • pinch pennies, to
  • pinched
  • pinch-hit
  • pinch-hit for
  • pinch-hit for (someone)
  • scrimp and save
  • take (something) with a pinch of salt
  • take something with a pinch of salt
  • take what (one) says with a pinch of salt
  • take with a pinch of salt
  • where the shoe pinches
  • with a grain of salt
  • with a grain/pinch of salt, (to take)
  • with a pinch of salt
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SERVES 4 INGREDIENTS | 1kg pork shoulder in one piece, skin and bone removed For the rub: | 1tsp light brown sugar | 2tsp Dijon mustard | 1/2tsp smoked paprika | 1tsp salt For the BBQ sauce: | 3tsp olive oil | 1 brown onion, diced | 1 garlic clove, crushed | Pinch of salt | 3tsp cider or white wine vinegar | 11/2tsp dijon mustard | 100ml tomato ketchup | 1 heaped tbsp light brown sugar | Pinch cayenne pepper | Half tsp smoked paprika | Pinch of ground cloves | Pinch ground cinnamon | Pinch ground star anise | Black pepper METHOD 1 Preheat oven to 120C/ Gas Combine rub ingredients and rub over the pork.
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Ingredients 375g/13oz plain flour, sieved pinch salt 225g (8oz) Kerrygold butter, diced 75g (3oz) mature cheddar cheese 75g (3oz) freshly grated parmesan cheese Pinch English mustard powder Small pinch cayenne pepper 2 free-range eggs, yolks only Method 1 Sift the flour and a pinch of salt into a bowl.
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The Pinch