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cinch belt

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noun

  1. a wide belt of elastic, leather, or fabric with a clasp or lacing in front, worn tightly to make the waist look smaller.

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The cinch belts were not my friends: I was short-waisted, and with a cinch belt, looked like two tomatoes, one on top of the other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

I have a wide black elastic cinch belt with an imitation gold clasp buckle, and flat ballerina shoes of velveteen that scuff as I walk and bulge out at the sides.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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