[Ads-l] pincher movement

[Jonathan Lighter]

Have heard "pincher" for "pincer" many times over the decades - "pincher
movement" included.

JL

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 7:34 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> <pincher movement> 'pincer mvt'
> Nearly lost my pince-nez when I heard this. CNN rpt on Afghan events in the
> Helmand.
> pincer mvt 196K ghits  :  pincher mvt 171K ghits
> Sort of a conglomerate of Anglo-French allo-etyma.
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