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lush

2  [luhsh] Slang.
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–noun
1. drunkard; alcoholic; sot.
2. intoxicating liquor.
–verb (used without object)
3. to drink liquor.
–verb (used with object)
4. to drink (liquor).
Origin:
1780–90; perh. facetious application of lush 1
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lush 2   (lŭsh)   
n.  A drunkard.
intr.v.   lushed, lush·ing, lush·es
To drink liquor to excess.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
lush

  1. n.
    liquor. : Who's bringing the lush to the party?
  2. in.
    and lush up. to drink alcohol to excess. : We sat lushing up for an hour waiting for the plane. , I just want to get my feet up and lush for a while.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

lush  (adj.)
1440, "lax, flaccid, soft, tender," from O.Fr. lasche "soft, succulent," from laschier "loosen," from L.L. laxicare "become shaky," related to L. laxare "loosen," from laxus "loose" (see lax). Sense of "luxuriant in growth" is first attested 1610; erroneously applied to colors since 1744.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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