cush

¹ American  

[koosh] / kʊʃ /

noun

Slang.

1. money, especially when reserved for some special use.

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Cush ² American  

[koosh, kuhsh] / kʊʃ, kʌʃ /

Or Kush

noun

1. (in the Bible) the eldest son of Ham.

2. an area mentioned in the Bible, sometimes identified with Upper Egypt.

3. 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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Cush British  

/ kʌʃ, kʊʃ /

noun

1. the son of Ham and brother of Canaan (Genesis 10:6)

2. 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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Etymology

Origin of cush

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

Example Sentences

Paul Gitter, senior vice president of Marvel Consumer Products, explained the rationale behind the cush collab in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2022

"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

They "stick up" an occasional wayfarer for his "cush," and they carry "canisters" and sometimes fire them off, but these things do not signify the cutting of ice.

From Psmith, Journalist by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)