Meaning of pinch-commons | Babel Free
Examples
“She listened to them with a haughty and unmoved air, and replied at length aloud, and in English—"I will not. What if this house be strewed in ruins before morning—where would be the world's want⟳ in the crazed projector, and the niggardly pinch-commons, by which it is inhabited? They will needs come⟳ to reform⟳ Zetland customs, let⟳ them try⟳ how they like⟳ a Zetland storm.—You that would not perish, quit⟳ this house!"”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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