Meanings
nounacushla (plural acushlas)
plural acushlas
- Irelanddarling
Parker, acushla, you’re an honour to Scotland Yard.
1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter 2, in Whose Body?1 more example
To her surprise, the grass was slick with dew, its texture unusually luxuriant beneath her hands as she spread her skirts to cover her ankles. It was springy and supple, the rich deep green of springtime. “Why do you frown, acushla?”
2012, Laura Parker, A Rose in Splendor, →ISBN
Origin
- Irisha chuisle“O pulse (of my heart)”
- Englishacushla
From Irish a chuisle (“O pulse (of my heart)”).
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