tightener

== English == === Etymology === From tighten +‎ -er. Referring to a meal, suggests the tightening of one's belt around the expanding waistline. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪtn̩ɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪtn̩ə/ Hyphenation: tight‧en‧er === Noun === tightener (plural tighteners) Something used to tighten. (UK, slang, archaic) A large meal; a feast or blowout. 184?, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor One proposed going to Hungerford-market to do a feed on decayed shrimps or other offal laying about the market; another proposed going to Covent-garden to do a 'tightener' of rotten oranges, to which I was humorously invited; […] ==== References ==== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Anagrams === Hettinger, retighten, tethering