cushie-doo

British

/ ˌkʊʃɪˈduː /

noun

Often shortened to: cushie. a Scot name for a wood pigeon

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Etymology

Origin of cushie-doo

from _cushat + _doo

Example Sentences

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High up among the woods I could hear the plaintive croodling of the cushie-doo, or wild pigeon, and Dear me, on a thorn-bush, the pitiful “Chick-chick-chick-chick-chee-e-e” of the yellow-hammer.

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