hushaby
Americaninterjection
interjection
noun
Etymology
Origin of hushaby
Example Sentences
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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
Compose thy dimpled hands to rest, And like a little birdling lie Secure within thy cozy nest Upon my loving mother breast, And slumber to my lullaby, So hushaby—O hushaby.
From Songs and Other Verse by Eugene Field
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
Fast awhile in slumber lie; Sleep, my child, and hushaby.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
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