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Cinch vs Ginch - What's the difference?

cinch | ginch |

As nouns the difference between cinch and ginch

is that cinch is a simple saddle girth used in mexico while ginch is (canada|alberta and british columbia|slang) underwear]], especially [[men|men's briefs or ginch can be (british|slang|taboo) vagina, pussy.

As a verb cinch

is to bring to certain conclusion.

cinch

English

Noun

(es)
  • 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. — B. M. Bower, The Flying U's Last Stand
  • (informal) Something that is very easy to do.
    • No problem ... it's a cinch .
  • * "We thought we had a cinch on getting out by way of this cord and so we followed that." — Major Archibald Lee Fletcher, Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns
  • (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. — Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale,

    • Synonyms

    * (something that is very easy to do) See also (an activity that is easy) * breeze * cakewalk * doddle * piece of cake * walk in the park * walkover

    Verb

  • To bring to certain conclusion.
  • To tighten down.

    • Quotations

    * 1911', ''"I intend to '''cinch that government business."'' — Margaret Burnham, ''The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise

    Derived terms

    * cincher

    ginch

    English

    Etymology 1

    (Undergarment) Variation of (gotch), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Canada, Alberta and British Columbia, slang) Underwear]], especially [[men, men's briefs.
  • * 2000 , John Farrow, City of Ice , HarperCollins (2000), ISBN 0006481051, page 71:
    • She stowed the ginch she had just received as a gift in the dresser out of harm's way.
  • * 2012 , Kim Firmston, Hook Up , James Lorimer & Company Ltd. (2012), ISBN 9781459400306, page 25:
    • Grabbing clean pants and ginch , I get re-dressed.
  • * 2012 , Sandi Bezanson-Chan, " Summer Jobs Series: Learning to handle 'ginch' in the hotel laundry", National Post , 14 July 2012:
    • I got the hang of it after about 20 or 30 sheets and was settling into the routine when, reaching into the trolley, I was horrified to spy a pair of men’s Jockey underpants in amongst the sheets. I stopped cold and let out a shriek (remember, I was 14). Shirley calmly looked into the trolley and said, “Oh for Christ’s sake – it’s just a pair of ginch !”
    Synonyms
    * See also .

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • (British, slang, taboo) vagina, pussy

    • References

    * * Barber, Katherine. " 11 Favourite Regionalisms Within Canada", in David Vallechinsky and Amy Wallace (2005). The Book of Lists , Canadian Edition. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-676-97720-2.

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