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lead-pipe cinch

lead-pipe cinch
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [led-pahyp]
    • /ˈlɛdˌpaɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [led-pahyp]
    • /ˈlɛdˌpaɪp/

Definitions of lead-pipe cinch words

  • noun lead-pipe cinch an absolute certainty: It's a lead-pipe cinch they'll be there. 1
  • noun lead-pipe cinch something very easy to accomplish: Getting him elected will be a lead-pipe cinch. 1
  • noun lead-pipe cinch a thing very easy to do 0
  • noun lead-pipe cinch a sure thing; certainty 0
  • noun lead-pipe cinch (Slang) (US) A cinch; something very easy. 0

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Origin of lead-pipe cinch

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1895-1900

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Parts of speech for Lead-pipe cinch

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

lead-pipe cinch popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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