1932 18 142 Approaches and plucks pincerwise with increased deftness.
1940 H. Thompson in A. Gesell et al. vii. 183 If the child chooses a block without testing them say, ‘No, like this,’ and demonstrate lifting the blocks pincer-wise.
1968 E. V. Watson (ed. 2) 99 Tips of l[ea]f lobes often turned in pincerwise.