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cinch:


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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cinch/sɪntʃ/
noun
  • 1 informal an extremely easy task.

    chiefly N. Amer. a certainty.

  • 2 chiefly N. Amer. a girth for a Western saddle or pack, used in Mexico and the western US.
verb chiefly N. Amer. secure with a belt.

■ fix (a saddle) securely by means of a girth.

– origin C19: from Sp. cincha ‘girth’.



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