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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cinch / sinch/ • n. 1. inf. an extremely easy task: the program was a cinch to use. ∎ a sure thing; a certainty: he was a cinch to take a prize. 2. a girth for a Western saddle or pack. • v. [tr.] 1. secure (a garment) with a belt. ∎ fix (a saddle) securely by means of a girth; girth up (a horse). 2. inf. make certain of: his advice cinched her decision to accept the offer.

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cinch

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

cinch saddle-girth (U.S., from Mexican use); (fig.) sure hold, dead certainty. XIX. — Sp. cincha :- L. cingula girdle, f. cingere gird.

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cinch

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

cinch •Romansh •blanch, Blanche, branch, ranch, tranche •avalanche •backbench, bench, blench, clench, Dench, drench, entrench, French, frontbench, quench, stench, tench, trench, wench, wrench •crossbench • workbench •cinch, clinch, finch, flinch, inch, lynch, Minch, pinch, squinch, winch •chaffinch • greenfinch • hawfinch •goldfinch • bullfinch •carte blanche, conch •graunch, haunch, launch, paunch, raunch, staunch •brunch, bunch, crunch, hunch, lunch, munch, punch, scrunch •honeybunch • keypunch

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