Nutbush
//ˈnʌtbʊʃ// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Nutbush, TN: An unincorporated town in Southwest Tennessee, about which Tina Turner wrote the 1973 song Nutbush City Limits.
"[...] On highway number nineteen [...] They call it Nutbush city [...] Little old town in Tennessee [...] a quiet, little old community; A one-horse town."
- 2 Nutbush, Memphis: A neighborhood in Northeast Memphis, TN, originally settled by migrants from the town.
- 3 the Nutbush: A line dance popular in Australia that is danced to the song.
"[A]fter spilling a coke [...] all down my front when some idiot doing the Nutbush elbowed my can."
Example
More examples"[...] On highway number nineteen [...] They call it Nutbush city [...] Little old town in Tennessee [...] a quiet, little old community; A one-horse town."
Etymology
From nut + bush. Origin unknown.
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