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Lushington

Lushington proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Lushington (plural Lushingtons)

  1. A surname.

Noun

Lushington (plural Lushingtons)

  1. (obsolete) Drink.
  2. A drunk.
    • If they have any on hand, and a little stale, at the end of the week, they sell it at the public-houses to the “Lushingtons,” and to them, with plenty of vinegar, it goes down sweet.1851, Henry Mayhew, “Of the Street-Sellers of Fish”, in London Labour and the London Poor
    • His father and the thousand barroom-doors he'd popped his head round as a child when sent to find him. Small blood vessels ruptured in the cheeks of lushingtons, pressed on the chilly pillow of a curb.2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 173

Forms of Lushington

Proper noun
pluralLushingtons
Noun
pluralLushingtons
alternative formlushington

Origin of Lushington

* English surname, recorded in Middle English as Lustinton, from Old English *Lusta (a personal name) + -ing + -tun. * Also possibly after Lashenden in Kent, from Old English læc (“muddy stream”) (see leach) or læccan (“to trap”) + -ing + denn (“woodland pasture”).

A surname, used in allusion to lush. John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) mentions a Lushington Club in Bow Street, Covent Garden, London.

Questions about Lushington

What does Lushington mean?
Lushington means a surname.
What part of speech is Lushington?
Lushington can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Lushington in the dictionary

  1. Lushih
  2. lushing
  3. lushing it up
  4. lushing up
  5. lushings
  6. Lushington
  7. Lushingtons
  8. lushly
  9. lushness
  10. lushnesses
  11. Lushootseed

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