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Definition of Cummerbund
1. Noun. A broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo.
Definition of Cummerbund
1. n. A sash for the waist; a girdle.
Definition of Cummerbund
1. Noun. A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as with a tuxedo or dinner jacket. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cummerbund
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cummerbund
Literary usage of Cummerbund
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Such Nonsense!: An Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1918)
"THE cummerbund She sate upon her Dobie, To watch the Evening Star, ... When all
at once a cry arose, "The cummerbund is come!" In vain she fled: with open ..."
2. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"... the cummerbund—Blue blood and brains, and " stars " that set—Will East and
West blend ?— What Cynthia's severe experience taught her—Where was the bird ..."
3. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"... XXXIII The " little tin gods of Ceylon "—The change at Aden with the
cummerbund—Blue blood and brains, and " stars " that set—Will East and West blend ? ..."
4. Trukese-English Dictionary =: Pwpwuken Tettenin Fóós, Chuuk-Ingenes by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"burning off of vegetation preparatory to cultivation. cummerbund ... belt,
cummerbund, something tied or fastened around the waist. ..."
5. American Notes and Queries edited by William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris (1890)
"... he wrote " The cummerbund," an intentional travesty of various Hindustani
words in every-day use, that was first printed in 1874 in a Bombay newspaper. ..."
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