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Synonyms for cinch

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sinch
Phonetic Transcription : sɪntʃ

Définition of cinch

Origin :
  • 1859, American English, "saddle-girth," from Spanish cincha "girdle," from Latin cingulum "a girdle, a swordbelt," from cingere "to surround, encircle," from PIE root *kenk- (1) "to gird, encircle" (cf. Sanskrit kankate "binds," kanci "girdle;" Lithuanian kinkau "to harness horses"). Replaced earlier surcingle. Sense of "an easy thing" is 1898, via notion of "a sure hold" (1888).
  • noun easy accomplishment
Example sentences :
  • "It's a cinch he don't know about that pill-thrower back in Ohio," added Cal.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • "It's a cinch you'll take the front seat," he remarked, laconically.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Old Blake would give him work on his ranch over there, that was a cinch.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • If you really want her and will follow the rules I give you, it's a cinch.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Gilbert killed there, the room found bolted, was a cinch for suicide.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • They've been jawing away for an hour, trying to settle who gets the cinch.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • It wa'n't such a cinch to do, either, for he was a lively old gent on his pins.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • Their degeneration, as she regarded it, had not begun when she married Mr. Cinch.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • "Bow-legs, mebbe," put in Mr. Cinch both jocosely and ruefully.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • Mr. Cinch observed the dubious looks and he hastened to dispel them.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg

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