[Ads-l] pincher movement

[Laurence Horn]

> On Feb 23, 2016, at 9:16 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Have heard "pincher" for "pincer" many times over the decades - "pincher
> movement" included.
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> JL

And there are many hits for "Doberman pincer" along with the ones for "Doberman pincher".  The latter may be a simple respelling but the former may correspond to a pronunciation as ['pInsr] rather than ['pIn(t)Sr].  Apparently the "Pintscher" refers to the pinching/cropping of the ears, not to any actions of the dog, but that's probably been reanalyzed too.

LH
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> 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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