pinch,

“Swords, men!” called Themistocles, never less daunted than at the pinch,

A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

And the king of 'em all, I reckon, the man that could stand a pinch,

The Man from Snowy River 1902

Whaw! seer (5) you cannot think, when put to t 'pinch,

Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems Frederic William Moorman 1895

I answered that I understood both very well: for although my proper employment had been to be surgeon or doctor to the ship, yet often, upon a pinch,

The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites Eva March Tappan 1892

One of our regular paper-carriers fell sick, and, at a pinch,

Tales of the Argonauts Bret Harte 1869

While a crumpled-up ball of aluminum foil held with a pair of stiff tongs will work to scour a grill clean in a pinch,

Serious Eats J. Kenji Lopez-Alt 2010

I per­son­ally like to pur­chase items that I can re-sell for 5-10x more than I buy them, but in a pinch,

Pink Poogle Toy 2010

From wackos and hook-ups to culture differences and that sly pinch,

Playbill.com : News 2010

From wackos and hook-ups to culture differences and that sly pinch,

Playbill.com : News 2010

New York Times, and other like-minded social experimenters may not feel the pinch,

The Acton Institute - Acton News & Commentary 2009