(in the Bible) the eldest son of Ham.
an area mentioned in the Bible, sometimes identified with Upper Egypt.
Kingdom of Cush, an ancient African state in the area that is now southern Egypt and the Sudan: part of the region of Nubia (1000 b.c.–a.d. 350).
the son of Ham and brother of Canaan (Genesis 10:6)
the country of the supposed descendants of Cush (ancient Ethiopia), comprising approximately Nubia and the modern Sudan, and the territory of southern (or Upper) Egypt
Origin uncertain; perhaps to be identified with cush sweetened and fried cornmeal (compare Gullah cush, cushcush, ultimately < Arabic kuskus couscous ); or a back formation from cushy
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Leaning against the trunk of the compact SUV, Necefer explains how the vehicle enables the bikers to have “a little bit more cush ride of an experience.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2021
"I got insight into what life is like as a federal employee: pretty cush!"
From Reuters • Jan. 5, 2016
Take this sentence: “The jug where his cush is, is an eye gaff, and I’m afraid of Old Poison getting the beef.”
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2013
Choosing a reality show hunk over your cush job during an economic crisis is a gobsmackingly dumb decision, but it's also a great story.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2010
Cold cornbread or hard-tack crumbled into a tin can and boiled with perhaps a few scraps of meat was "cush" and "cush" tasted good, hot off the coals, after a hard day's march or fighting.
From A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. by Maxwell, James Robert
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