1. a thief alias an alf-incher (half-incher) rhyming slang for he who half-inches (pinches, nicks, steals, palms, etc)
2. extremely avaricious. Charles Dicken's character Ebenezer Scrooge is an excellent example of a penny-pincher.
3. imbecilicignorance and confusion with
a- German derived pincer (tweezers) often with regard to maneuver warfare known also as the double flank envelopment- famous examples: Hannibal's pincer movement at the Battle of Cannae 212, or Germany 1940 General von Kleists'Battle of France against French and Allied Expeditionary Force or the largest ever pincer movement- 1941 Axis versus Soviets at Battle of Kiev
b) pinscher (a breed of German guard dog) a dobermen pinscher, a mini pinscher
"The year was 39 and the sky was filled with lead
Hitler was invading Poland and Paddy, Holyhead.
Come all you Pincher Laddies and long distance men,
Never work for McAlpine, George Wimpey or John Laing