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kummerbund

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kum⋅mer⋅bund

  [kuhm-er-buhnd]
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–noun
cummerbund.

cum⋅mer⋅bund

  [kuhm-er-buhnd]
–noun
a wide sash worn at the waist, esp. a horizontally pleated one worn with a tuxedo.
Also, kummerbund.

Origin:
1610–20; < Hindi kamarband loin-band < Pers
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cummerbund 
1616, from Hindi kamarband "loin band," from Pers. kamar "waist" + band "band."
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