lushing, vbl. n.
(ˈlʌʃɪŋ)
[f. lush v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. lush2. Also pl., abundance.
| 1829 Scott Jrnl. 18 Mar., Cigars in loads, whisky in lushings. [So in Lockhart; ed. 1890 has lashings; reading of MS. perh. doubtful.] 1890 H. Nisbet Bail Up! i, You can have both grub and liquor here in lushings. |
b. Comb.: lushing-ken, a drinking bar, low public house; lushing-man, a drunkard.
| 1859 Matsell Vocab. (Farmer), With all the prigs and lushing-men, A hundred stretches hence. 1883 L. Wingfield A. Rowe I. v. 120 Unable..to steer clear of lushing⁓kens, or avoid the seductions of the gaming-table. |