Grandcourt is the second place, abandoned for the same reason-because it was caught in the Pincers of our forward movements.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
He came back presently for a pair of Pincers he had forgotten, left her a Carter Paterson card for her window in case she should have need of one, said that one of these Sundays they must all go round to the Earles in Westbourne Grove to tea, made a pun on the words Earle and Lord, and went out again.
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions
A few days later he felt drawn to the bath as though by Pincers.
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz