cummerbund

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Quotations 1.3.3 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Hindustani कमरबन्द / کمر بند (kamar-band) < Persian کمربند (kamar-band); کمر(kamar = waist) + بند (band = band) meaning "waistband", or "belt".

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• IPA: /ˈkʌməbʌnd/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkʌmɚbʌnd/

[edit] Noun

cummerbund (plural cummerbunds)

1. A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as with a tuxedo or dinner jacket.

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• The thin boys with their brush cuts and spotty faces, their dinner jackets and burgundy cummerbunds with matching bow ties, would gape at us. - Edmund White, "My Women" [1]

[edit] External links

• Cummerbund on Wikipedia.Wikipedia