cush
money, especially when reserved for some special use.
Origin of cush
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or Kush
(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).
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How to use cush in a sentence
The posterity of cush, he tells us, were addicted to the contemplation of the stars, and worshipped the sun as a god.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantI had eaten almost everything from "cush" and "slapjacks" to raw corn and uncooked bacon.
Under the Stars and Bars | Walter A. ClarkNilo gave himself to study of the drum, reminded, doubtless, of similar warlike devices in Kash-cush.
The Prince of India, Volume I | Lew. WallaceThese wonderful achievements were of the children of cush, the ancestor of the Negroes.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 | George W. WilliamsThe words "Ethiopia" and "cush" were used always to describe a black people, or the country where such a people lived.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 | George W. Williams
British Dictionary definitions for Cush
Kush
/ (kʌʃ, kʊʃ) /
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
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