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Grammar : Adj
Spell : koo sh-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʊʃ i


Définition of cushy

Origin :
  • "easy," 1915, Anglo-Indian slang, from Hindi khush "pleasant, healthy, happy" + -y (2).
  • adj lush, comfortable
Example sentences :
  • Then I shall receive ironical congratulations on my "cushy" job.
  • Extract from : « A Student in Arms » by Donald Hankey
  • I was with the Fritzies for over a week, and they certainly have it soft and cushy.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • That was our method afterwards, and the patrol was cushy for us.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • I always think Billy had the hardest luck to be hit again just as he was coming out of it all with a safe and cushy one.
  • Extract from : « Grapes of wrath » by Boyd Cable
  • For the next few days we had it “cushy,” except for boche shrapnel showering our trenches at intervals, daily.
  • Extract from : « The Black Watch » by Scout Joe Cassells
  • The best thing we could wish a man was a "cushy wound," one that would not prove fatal, or a "Blighty one."
  • Extract from : « Trenching at Gallipoli » by John Gallishaw
  • He disappeared around the curve of the trench, delightedly spreading the news that he had stopped a cushy one in the leg.
  • Extract from : « Trenching at Gallipoli » by John Gallishaw
  • We were in Brigade Reserve, which sounded very comfortable, but which was not so "cushy" as it sounded.
  • Extract from : « The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry » by D. D. Ogilvie
  • It has become trench etiquette to tell the relieving battalion that it is taking over a cushy position.
  • Extract from : « The Red Horizon » by Patrick MacGill
  • The best thing we could wish a man was a "cushy wound," one that would not prove fatal.
  • Extract from : « World's War Events, Vol. I » by Various

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