cinches

Noun (1)

cinch (plural cinches)

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.1915, B. M. Bower, The Flying U's Last Stand
2. (informal) Something that is very easy to do.
   • We thought we had a cinch on getting out by way of this cord and so we followed that.1913, Major Archibald Lee Fletcher, Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns

   Synonyms:

   piece of cake

3. (informal) Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
   • As a matter of fact, from the look of Elmer's shoulder, it wasn't a cinch that he would ever pitch again.1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post

   Synonyms:

   sure thing

4. (informal) A firm hold.
   • 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.1916, Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale

Noun (2)

cinch (plural cinches)

1. 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.

   Synonyms:

   double Pedro, high five

Noun (3)

cinch

1. (Europe) An RCA connector.

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