cushat
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English cowshott, cowschote, quyshte, from Old English cūsċeote (literally “cow shoot”), although it is difficult to understand why such a name would be given to these birds. Doublet of quist.
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Noun[edit]
cushat (plural cushats)
- (Geordie or literary) A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove.
- 1888, Gordon Stables, In Touch with Nature: Tales and Sketches from the Life, page 46:
- [A]nd no sound falls on my ears, except the distant roar of a passing train, the song of linnets, and croodle of turtle-dove and cushat.
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Translations[edit]
informal: pigeon; wood pigeon; ring dove
References[edit]
- “cushat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
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