Meaning of pinchability | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being pinchable.

uncountable

Examples

““I wouldn’t have said you were the pinchable type, Jackie. You models are too greyhoundish to nip well. Betty, now . . .” / “For God’s sake,” said the inspector irritably, “must we have a discussion of relative pinchability just now? Miss Callender . . . ?””

“demand qualities, characters, or meanings The expressive qualities in the physiognomy of things that elicit particular feelings and behavior, often without prior learning; for example, the pinchability of a baby’s cheek.”

“With few exceptions, the popularity of a given place has more to do with quantity than quality, and the caliber of the provender is far outweighed by the availability of parking space, the pinchability of the waitresses, and the liberality of the bartender.”

CEFR level