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hushaby

American  
[huhsh-uh-bahy] / ˈhʌʃ əˌbaɪ /

interjection

  1. hush (used as a command to be silent).

    Hushaby, baby.


hushaby British  
/ ˈhʌʃəˌbaɪ /

interjection

  1. used in quietening a baby or child to sleep

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a lullaby

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of hushaby

First recorded in 1790–1800; hush + (lull)aby


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For the last decade, Cinemactress Joan Crawford has been hushaby lady to millions for whom dreams at prevailing box-office prices are the only escape from failure and mediocrity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sleep awhile, my baby dear; Sleep, my child, and hushaby.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco

Fast awhile in slumber lie; Sleep, my child, and hushaby.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco

I watched clouds float past and flow back Like waves across the sea, Waves that are foamy and soft, When they hear clouds calling Mother Sea, send us up your song Of hushaby!

From Poems By a Little Girl by Hilda Conkling

I believe a hiss is music to his ears and a curse is a hushaby, lullaby song.

From The Thunders of Silence by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

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