Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Aus.) a baby.

1906

E. Dyson Fact’ry ’Ands 163: They ’ad a pramberlater. There was er pincher in it. Chiller was pushin’ it.

2. (US black/Und.) in pl., shoes [their tightness].

1929		C.G. Givens ‘Chatter of Guns’ in Sat. Eve. Post 13 Apr.; list extracted in AS VI:2 (1930) 133: pinchers, n. Shoes.
1944		‘Jiver’s Bible’ in D. Burley Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).