Meanings
Lushington1
Lushington2
plural Lushingtons · alternative lushington
- obsoleteDrink.
- 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.
1851, Henry Mayhew, “Of the Street-Sellers of Fish”, in London Labour and the London Poor1 more example
His father and the thousand barroom-doors he'd popped his head round as a child when sent to find him. Small blood vessels ruptured in the cheeks of lushingtons, pressed on the chilly pillow of a curb.
2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 173
Origin
Lushington · proper noun
- Old English*Lusta
- EnglishLushington
* 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”).
More words from Old English
Full word history & related roots →Lushington · noun
A surname, used in allusion to lush. John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) mentions a Lushington Club in Bow Street, Covent Garden, London.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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