tushery
/ (ˈtʌʃərɪ) /
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noun
literary the use of affectedly archaic language in novels, etc
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Word Origin for tushery
coined by Robert Louis Stevenson, from tush 1 + -ery
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How to use tushery in a sentence
“Tushery” had been a name in use between Stevenson and Mr. Henley for romances of the Ivanhoe type.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)|Robert Louis StevensonI have had to leave Fontainebleau, when three hours would finish it, and go full-tilt at tushery for a while.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)|Robert Louis StevensonIt is not, as you might assume, a costume novel of eighteenth-century tushery.