Lushington
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Drink. obsolete
- 2 A drunk.
"If they have any on hand, and a little stale, at the end of the week, they sell it at the public-houses to the “Lushingtons,” and to them, with plenty of vinegar, it goes down sweet."
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"If they have any on hand, and a little stale, at the end of the week, they sell it at the public-houses to the “Lushingtons,” and to them, with plenty of vinegar, it goes down sweet."
Etymology
* English surname, recorded in Middle English as Lustinton, from Old English *Lusta (a personal name) + -ing + -tun. * Also possibly after Lashenden in Kent, from Old English læc (“muddy stream”) (see leach) or læccan (“to trap”) + -ing + denn (“woodland pasture”).
A surname, used in allusion to lush. John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) mentions a Lushington Club in Bow Street, Covent Garden, London.
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