lushy

¹ American  

[luhsh-ee] / ˈlʌʃ i /

adjective

lushier, lushiest

1. lush.

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lushy ² American  

[luhsh-ee] / ˈlʌʃ i /

adjective

Slang.

lushier, lushiest

1. drunk; tipsy.

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Etymology

Origin of lushy¹

First recorded in 1815–25; lush ¹ + -y ¹

Origin of lushy²

First recorded in 1805–15; lush ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Now, only think of coming into a place like this here, reg’lar lushy, and with diamond studs and gold watches and chains shining out in the light, and asking poor starving men to steal them!”

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"O burn me, and must we wait here, shivering in the darkness with a curse on't and me wet to the bone——" "Content ye, my lushy cove, the others aren't far."

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Down the road which asters tangle, Thro' the gap where green-briar twines, By the path where dry leaves dangle Sere from the ivy vines We go—by sedgy fallows And along the stifled brook, Till it stops in lushy mallows Just at the bridge's crook.

From Project Gutenberg

Lushy Luke endeavoured to sober himself by dipping his head in the hollowed tree-trunk which serves for the water-trough of an up-country Australian inn.

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Beyond a doubt, in `Lushy Luke's' belief, a Bunyip had taken temporary lodgings outside the town.

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