mush

mush
   obsolete British to rob from houses
   Shortened form of the slang mushroom, an umbrella. Itinerants, known as umbrella or mushroom men, went from house to house offering to mend umbrellas, which provided good cover for crooks and gave the trade a bad name. Mush is still a mode of male address, importing no ill-will or accusation of dishonesty.

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  • mush — mush·a·roon; mush·er; mush·et; mush·i·ly; mush·i·ness; mush·mel·on; mush·rat; mush·roomy; mush; mush·room; mush·er·oon; …   English syllables

  • Mush — may refer to: mush (cornmeal) (/ˈmʌʃ/ or …   Wikipedia

  • Mush — • An Armenian Catholic see, comprising the sanjaks of Mush and Seert, in the vilayet of Bitlis Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mush     Mush      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • mush — mush1 [mush] n. [prob. var. of MASH] 1. a thick porridge made by boiling meal, esp. cornmeal, in water or milk 2. any thick, soft, yielding mass 3. Informal maudlin sentimentality vt. [Dial., Chiefly Brit.] to make into mush; crush mush2 [mush] …   English World dictionary

  • Mush — Mush, n. [Perh. short for mush on, a corrupt of E. marchons, the cry of the voyageurs and coureurs de bois to their dogs.] A march on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs; as, he had a long mush before him; also used attributively. [Colloq.,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mush|y — «MUHSH ee», adjective, mush|i|er, mush|i|est. 1. like mush; pulpy: »Buck s feet sank into a white mushy something very like mud (Jack London) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mush — Mush, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mushed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mushing}.] To travel on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs. v. t. To cause to travel or journey. [Rare] [Colloq., Alaska & Northwestern U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mush — Mush, n. [Cf. Gael. mus, muss, pap, porridge, any thick preparation of fruit, OHG. muos; akin to AS. & OS. m[=o]s food, and prob, to E. meat. See {Meat}.] Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mush — Mush, v. t. [Cf. F. moucheter to cut with small cuts.] To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mush — con hígado de pollo. El mush (a veces coosh) es un pudin espeso (o gachas) de maicena normalmente hecho con agua o leche. A menudo se fríe tras cortarse en cuadrado o rectángulos planos. Se usa comúnmente en el este y sur de los Estados Unidos.… …   Wikipedia Español

  • mush — ► NOUN 1) a soft, wet, pulpy mass. 2) cloying sentimentality. ► VERB ▪ reduce to mush. ORIGIN apparently a variant of MASH(Cf. ↑mash) …   English terms dictionary

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