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Cinch
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- 1 A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
"He found Andy morosely replacing some broken strands in his cinch, and he went straight at the mooted question."
- 2 A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
- 3 An RCA connector. Europe
- 4 a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps wordnet
- 5 Something that is very easy to do. informal
"We thought we had a cinch on getting out by way of this cord and so we followed that."
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- 6 any undertaking that is easy to do wordnet
- 7 Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing. informal
"As a matter of fact, from the look of Elmer's shoulder, it wasn't a cinch that he would ever pitch again."
- 8 stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place wordnet
- 9 A firm hold. informal
"You've got the cinch on him. You could send him to quod, and I'd send him there as quick as lightning. I'd hang him, if I could, for what he done to Lil Sarnia."
- 1 To bring to certain conclusion.
- 2 In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.
- 3 get a grip on; get mastery of wordnet
- 4 To tighten down.
"[Ostriches] also lack the tiny hooks, or barbicels, that cinch feathers together in most other birds."
- 5 make sure of wordnet
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- 6 tie a cinch around wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan cencha, from Latin cincta, or from Spanish cincha (“a belt or girth”), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum. Doublet of cingle.
Borrowed from Occitan cencha, from Latin cincta, or from Spanish cincha (“a belt or girth”), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum. Doublet of cingle.
Compare senses at etymology 1 (a girth, a tight grip), perhaps suggesting the tactics used in the game; or perhaps from Spanish cinco (“five”), the five spots of the colour of the trump being important cards.
Compare senses at etymology 1 (a girth, a tight grip), perhaps suggesting the tactics used in the game; or perhaps from Spanish cinco (“five”), the five spots of the colour of the trump being important cards.
Uncertain; perhaps from Cinch Connectors, a Chicago-based company producing connectors.
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