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Nutbush

/ˈnʌtbʊʃ/

Nutbush proper noun: nutbush, TN: An unincorporated town in Southwest Tennessee, about which Tina Turner wrote the 1973 song Nutbush City Limits.

Proper noun

  1. Nutbush, TN: An unincorporated town in Southwest Tennessee, about which Tina Turner wrote the 1973 song Nutbush City Limits.
    • [...] On highway number nineteen [...] They call it Nutbush city [...] Little old town in Tennessee [...] a quiet, little old community; A one-horse town.1973, Tina Turner, “Nutbush City Limits”
  2. Nutbush, Memphis: A neighborhood in Northeast Memphis, TN, originally settled by migrants from the town.
  3. the Nutbush: A line dance popular in Australia that is danced to the song.
    • [A]fter spilling a coke [...] all down my front when some idiot doing the Nutbush elbowed my can.2015, Catherine Therese, The Weight of Silence: A Memoir, →ISBN

Origin of Nutbush

From nut + bush. Origin unknown.

Questions about Nutbush

What does Nutbush mean?
Nutbush means nutbush, TN: An unincorporated town in Southwest Tennessee, about which Tina Turner wrote the 1973 song Nutbush City Limits.
What part of speech is Nutbush?
Nutbush is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Nutbush?
Nutbush is pronounced /ˈnʌtbʊʃ/.

Words near Nutbush in the dictionary

  1. nutbreaker
  2. nutbreakers
  3. nutbrown
  4. nutburger
  5. nutburgers
  6. Nutbush
  7. nutbusting
  8. nutbutter
  9. nutbutters
  10. nutcake
  11. nutcakes

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