pinched
adjective
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very thin especially from disease or hunger or coldbony
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sounding as if the nose were pinchedadenoidalnasal
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as if squeezed uncomfortably tight“The shoes looked good but left us with pinched toes and callused heels.”
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not having enough money to pay for necessitiespenurioushard upimpecuniousin straitened circumstancespenniless