Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who winces, shrinks, or kicks. Milton, Apol. for Smectymnuus, Pref.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, winces, shrinks, or kicks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
winces .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
wince + -er
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Examples
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With that in mind, whether you meant to say "wee pincer" or "pee wincer", you were wrong to overgeneralize in such fashion!
"Job Anxiety Grips Graduating Law School Students." Ann Althouse 2009
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He did find one gem in it, but otherwise, this review of his next novel, Blood Groove, really is a wincer.
Tidbits, and an Author Catch-Up Tia Nevitt 2009
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