cincher

[sin-cher]

noun

1. an undergarment or wide belt worn around the waist to shape it or make it appear smaller.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cincher¹

First recorded in 1935–40; cinch ¹ ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

At Screaming Mimi’s, an upscale vintage emporium just south of Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, the store’s manager, Dani Cabot, held out a variety of belts: a wide band from Donna Karan, a minimalist cincher from Claude Montana and what Cabot described as a “high-drama Moschino moment.”

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He purchased a waist cincher and began to talk about waist training.

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Say adios to those love handles with the side crunch; a proven waist cincher.

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The cincher was when I heard my mother once say to a group of friends : “If after all I have sacrificed for my children at least one of them cannot retire me by the time I reach the age of fifty-two, then I have not done something right.”

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Finally, she put Ms. Netrebko into the red peasant dress and laced up the leather waist cincher.

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