name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Lushington
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noun
Meaning 2
Drink.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A drunk.
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History
Etymology
* 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”).
A surname, used in allusion to lush. John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) mentions a Lushington Club in Bow Street, Covent Garden, London.
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