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Yes, pinch is playable

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"Pinch" Definition

noun

A narrowing of a mineral deposit, as in a mine.
A painful, difficult, or straitened circumstance: felt the pinch of the recession.
An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger: a pinch of salt.
An emergency situation: This coat will do in a pinch.
Informal A theft.

adjective

Baseball Relating to pinch-hitting or pinch runners: a pinch single; a pinch steal of third base.
Hit by a pinch hitter .

verb-intransitive

Nautical To drag an oar at the end of a stroke.
To be miserly.
To press, squeeze, or bind painfully: This collar pinches.

verb-transitive

Nautical To sail (a boat) so close into the wind that its sails shiver and its speed is reduced.
Slang To take (money or property) unlawfully. See Synonyms at steal.
Slang To take into custody; arrest.
To move (something) with a pinch bar.
To nip, wither, or shrivel: buds that were pinched by the frost; a face that was pinched with grief.

idiom

Pinch pennies Informal To be thrifty or miserly.

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