cinch horses. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
One of the most subtle allusions to horses is the word cinch, meaning a ` sure thing. '. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 1] Reference
If I'm riding hunches one and two, I just got to ride this cinch, which is number three. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter IX] Reference
But when Enriquez began to tighten the "cinch" or girth, a more singular thing occurred. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
I could probably do it in a "cinch" at some other point in my life and if circumstances were different. From Wordnik.com. [hemopoetic Diary Entry] Reference
But when Enriquez began to tighten the "cinch" or girth. From Wordnik.com. [The Bell-Ringer of Angel's] Reference
He'd talked "cinch" to her so much that he'd almost come to believe it himself. From Wordnik.com. [Skinner's Dress Suit] Reference
I reckon that'll kind of cinch up the idea that her husband sure is the real thing. From Wordnik.com. [Sundown Slim] Reference
"cinch" or girth, generally two, one of which reached well back under the flank. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Don't cinch, don't layer and don't over-accessorize. From Wordnik.com. [Ysolt Usigan: Fun With Vintage: I Traveled, I Shopped, and I Put Together Some Cheap Outfits] Reference
The Queen and Malone had provided that lead-pipe cinch. From Wordnik.com. [Out Like a Light] Reference
I'm not going to use my cinch on you -- not now, anyway!. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
'Now, Sam,' said I, 'I've had a cinch on you all the time. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
But building schools is a cinch compared with hiring teachers. From Wordnik.com. [Wooing Them With Elvis] Reference
"Nothing's a cinch for me, worse luck," said Jimmy, dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room] Reference
It's a dead cinch that you or Barter will be called on to-day. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles] Reference
So don't go to the grounds with the idea that it'll be a cinch. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles] Reference
"We thought sure we had a cinch on the coin several hours ago!". From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
Yes, it's a hassle to set up, but a cinch once you get rolling. From Wordnik.com. [Random Access: The End Of Snail Mail?] Reference
When it's full, what we'll do is cinch it closed, just like this. From Wordnik.com. [Locals Criticize Delay In Getting Oil Skimmers To Gulf] Reference
The nickel-iron brutes were a dead cinch to haul off to the smelters. From Wordnik.com. [Anchorite] Reference
Handle, and she's a cinch they'll be down on you thick in a few months. From Wordnik.com. [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference
Perhaps she wants to cinch her alimony until she finds another affinity. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
Being happy is a cinch, if you can rationalize inequities as right and just. From Wordnik.com. [Terrance Heath: Three Questions, Pt 1.: Can We?] Reference
IF YOU'RE BRAVE ENOUGH TO DROP anchor in the Bosphorus, the rest is a cinch. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Istanbul] Reference
The two intertwined ends of ribbons wrap around here, cinch upon itself there. From Wordnik.com. [Shoelace] Reference
When days are planned to the minute, it's a cinch to pencil in a midday tryst. From Wordnik.com. [The New Infidelity] Reference
"Whenever a man's got a dead sure cinch like that, it's a drag and not a pull!". From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
Up because the wind kept whipping her hair out of its ponytail cinch and into her mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Rest Stop] Reference
Although it must have looked like a cinch, the enemy wasn't taking any chances whatsoever. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenary] Reference
Hagel's gushing aside, Osborne is a cinch to win the state's Third District seat next month. From Wordnik.com. [The Coach's New Game Plan] Reference
By all accounts, she's smart and collegial and a cinch to win Senate confirmation by late summer. From Wordnik.com. [A Frankfurter, Not A Hot Dog] Reference
"Without going into the evidence, I can tell you that this case is a cinch," Fritz told reporters. From Wordnik.com. [The Day Kennedy Died] Reference
She had a fat face full of curves and if this were a movie, she'd be a cinch for the kind neighbor. From Wordnik.com. [Knowing] Reference
The Americans had beaten Portugal 3-2 and drew with Korea, 1-1, so a victory seemed likely, a tie a cinch. From Wordnik.com. [Wacky World Cup Continues] Reference
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