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tushery

Meaning of "tushery" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TUSHERY

Coined by Robert Louis Stevenson, from tush1 + -ery.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TUSHERY

ˈtʌʃərɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUSHERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tushery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TUSHERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tushery in the English dictionary

The definition of tushery in the dictionary is the use of affectedly archaic language in novels, etc.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TUSHERY

archery · beneficiary · bleachery · butchery · century · debauchery · evidentiary · fishery · haberdashery · hatchery · lechery · luxury · noshery · penitentiary · plenipotentiary · stitchery · supercherie · tertiary · treachery · witchery

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TUSHERY

tusche · Tusculan · Tusculum · tush · tushie · tusk · tusk shell · tusk tenon · tuskar · tusked · tusker · tuskless · tusklike · tusky · tussah · tussal · Tussaud · tusser · tussis · tussive

WORDS THAT END LIKE TUSHERY

ashery · bewitchery · bitchery · branchery · coshery · cutchery · fashery · feathery · heathery · hery · lathery · leathery · periphery · pothery · shellfishery · slithery · smithery · spreaghery · trashery · wordsmithery

Synonyms and antonyms of tushery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tushery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TUSHERY

Find out the translation of tushery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tushery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tushery» in English.
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tushery
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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tushery
570 millions of speakers
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tushery
510 millions of speakers
hi

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tushery
380 millions of speakers
ar

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tushery
280 millions of speakers
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tushery
278 millions of speakers
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tushery
270 millions of speakers
bn

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tushery
260 millions of speakers
fr

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tushery
220 millions of speakers
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Tushery
190 millions of speakers
de

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tushery
180 millions of speakers
ja

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tushery
130 millions of speakers
ko

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tushery
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Tushery
85 millions of speakers
vi

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tushery
80 millions of speakers
ta

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tushery
75 millions of speakers
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कष्टकरी
75 millions of speakers
tr

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tushery
70 millions of speakers
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tushery
65 millions of speakers
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tushery
50 millions of speakers
uk

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tushery
40 millions of speakers
ro

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tushery
30 millions of speakers
el

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tushery
15 millions of speakers
af

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tushery
14 millions of speakers
sv

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tushery
10 millions of speakers
no

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tushery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tushery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TUSHERY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tushery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUSHERY»

Discover the use of tushery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tushery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Robert Louis Stevenson: The Critical Heritage
STEVENSON ON 'THE BLACK ARROW', FROM LETTERS TO HENLEY AND COLVIN 1883 Stevenson regarded 'The Black Arrow' as 'tushery', the term used by himself and Henley to refer to romances of the 'Ivanhoe' variety written for the ...
Paul Maixner, 2013
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vol. II (1880-1887)
Yours affection- ately' R. L. S. To W. E. Henley 'Tushery' had been a name in use between Stevenson and Mr. Henley for romances of the Ivanhoe type. He now applies it to his own tale of the Wars of the Roses, The Black Arrow, written for Mr.
Robert Louis Stevenson, 2009
3
Arthur Ransome's Long-lost Study of Robert Louis Stevenson
Schwob asked leave to translate it, in 1890. Tushery. 'I had had to leave ' Fontainebleau', when three hours would finish it & go full-tilt at tushery for a while. ' [Letters,] II, 117. Written to Colvin who had criticised serial appearance:– Letters, 142.
Arthur Ransome, Kirsty Nichol Findlay, 2011
4
Secret Leaves: The Novels of Walter Scott
First among the artists of his time, Scott kept alive, kept at large, let escape, all the languages that Reason had bested — the high "tushery" of Roland Graeme and the everlasting high tushery of Mary Queen of Scots and her sister, the magic ...
Judith Wilt, 1985
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
The proper use of 'tushery'is toapplyit to the kind of bogus 'medieval' stuff which attempts (without knowledge) to givea supposed temporal colour with expletives, suchas tush, pish, zounds, marry,and the like.But a real archaic English is far ...
Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien, 2014
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The Charlie Chan Megapack: The Complete 6-Book Series Plus ...
Tushery, sir, tushery! Speaking as the American representative of Lloyds—” “One moment,” interrupted Mr . Jephson . In his eyes shone a queer light—a light such as one might expect to find in the eyes of Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up ...
Earl Derr Biggers, 2013
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The Collected Letters (Extended Annotated Edition):
Yours affectionately, R. L. S. To W. E. Henley “Tushery” had been a name in use between Stevenson and Mr. Henley for romances of the Ivanhoe type. He now applies it to his own tale of the Wars of the Roses, The Black Arrow, written for Mr.
Robert Louis Stevenson, 2014
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Love Insurance
Tushery, sir, tushery! Speaking as the American representative of Lloyds—" "One moment," interrupted Mr. Jephson. In his eyes shone a queer light — a light such as one might expect to find in the eyes of Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up ...
Earl Derr Biggers, 2003
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Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work:
There will also beno tushery. The methodofdescription which Mr.Belloc employs in these sketches iscooland transparent. Theemotion ofthe writer, as regards the particular events he is describing, issuppressed, thoughthefeeling of eagerness ...
Edward Sharks, 2014
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A Critical History of English Literature: The Restoration to ...
As a historical novelist dealing with medieval England or France or Germany or the Crusaders' Palestine, Scott showed a flair for the highly colored, picturesque incident and situation, and revealed himself a master of "tushery." There was of ...
David Daiches, 1979

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUSHERY»

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Book review: After Flodden by Rosemary Goring
I wouldn't say Goring is wholly successful – the register shifts too much, sometimes disturbingly – but she eschews archaism and tushery and rations, sensibly, ... «Scotsman, May 13»
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Book review: The Lion Rampant by Robert Low
Robert Low is a scrupulously honest historian, and his political understanding makes Mel Gibson's Braveheart look a feeble piece of tushery, but he is also a ... «Scotsman, May 13»
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They Took off Their Clothes [EASY WEEK]
In '88, '89, I got introduced to Pauline Barilla, who used to own The Tushery on Hermosa Avenue, and I was doing boudoir portraits for her. At 6 p.m. she'd close ... «Easy Reader, Dec 12»
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Scott-land: The Man Who Invented A Nation, By Stuart Kelly
Saved by the golf, then. Perhaps more unexpectedly, Kelly shows how Scott also influenced England's view of itself, or its past, through the romantic tushery of ... «Independent, Aug 10»
REFERENCE
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