cushat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cushat
before 900; Middle English couschot, Old English cūscote wood pigeon
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But the cushat got free for a’ that,” said the wee wifie, with nods and smiles and shrill laughter.
From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by G. H. (George Henry) Edwards
Around them the singing of the birds, the cooing of the cushat doves and the buzzing of the bees, mingled in dreamy cadence.
From Under the Rose by Frederic Stewart Isham
Saye, cushat, callynge from the brake, What ayles thee soe to pyne?
From Green Bays. Verses and Parodies by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
"The cushat doesna use to coo when the owl flies," said she.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
O sweet are Coila’s haughs an’ woods, When lintwhites chant amang the buds, And jinkin’ hares, in amorous whids Their loves enjoy, While thro’ the braes the cushat croods With wailfu’ cry!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
