Definitions

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  • noun Alternative spelling of cummerbund.

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • Maks wearing a tux — cumberbund included — without the shirt.

    Dancing with the Stars Episode Recap: Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 2011

  • This was a blast despite the hideous tuxedo-looking, long black skirt/cumberbund/bow-tie uniforms we had to wear.

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  • This was a blast despite the hideous tuxedo-looking, long black skirt/cumberbund/bow-tie uniforms we had to wear.

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  • Mom made it in white organdy eyelet with a pale blue polished cotton cumberbund.

    Today's Pattern Story, In Six Words - A Dress A Day 2010

  • I can only imagine what you are sensing as you, someone who works for and still has faith in the efforts to find commonalities for progress, watch the tightening of the power cumberbund, onethat iscinchingup aroundour waists.

    G20 Pbgh; Police State Ghost-Town; Pics and Video of Tear-gassing 2009

  • Plus, Nikolaj, after changing from red cumberbund soloist to handsome nerd, is signing CDs in the gift shop afterwards.

    Znaider and Blomstedt, Brahms and Nielsen sfmike 2008

  • I usually flip back and forth between television stations to check in on who is winning what with the interest of someone who knows they will hear any pertinent information from friends and internet buzz for days following but whose real interest is to see the flustered tech award winners flush and stumble through gratitude they practiced while figuring out how to attach a cumberbund from a rental tuxedo.

    Oscars Schmoscars. It's All About The Whiskey And The Twitter. 2008

  • I usually flip back and forth between television stations to check in on who is winning what with the interest of someone who knows they will hear any pertinent information from friends and internet buzz for days following but whose real interest is to see the flustered tech award winners flush and stumble through gratitude they practiced while figuring out how to attach a cumberbund from a rental tuxedo.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • Plus, Nikolaj, after changing from red cumberbund soloist to handsome nerd, is signing CDs in the gift shop afterwards.

    Archive 2008-11-01 sfmike 2008

  • Mine is wearing ear muffs, a bow tie and a cumberbund.

    Ask StudioMarcy ~ Online Coaching " Penguins" with Fiona and Me Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson 2008

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