Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dish made from fried or boiled cornmeal or crumbled cornbread, typically served sweetened with syrup or in milk.
- noun A tropical American yam (Dioscorea trifida) cultivated for its tubers.
- noun The tuber of this yam, having a dry and floury consistency when cooked.
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- noun Louisiana Cooked cornmeal mush cereal (served with milk or syrup).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He was a big powerful man, a dark laughing Cajun with white teeth and turquoise eyes who had been raised on boudin, cush-cush and garfish balls.
Southern Streak 2003
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He was a big powerful man, a dark laughing Cajun with white teeth and turquoise eyes who had been raised on boudin, cush-cush and garfish balls.
Southern Streak 2003
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He was a big powerful man, a dark laughing Cajun with white teeth and turquoise eyes who had been raised on boudin, cush-cush and garfish balls.
The Sudden Curve: 2003
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Then she would pull off her shirt, scrub her hands and arms with Lava soap under the pump in the sink, and in her bra fill our bowls with cush-cush and make ham-and-onion sandwiches for our lunches.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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Then she would pull off her shirt, scrub her hands and arms with Lava soap under the pump in the sink, and in her bra fill our bowls with cush-cush and make ham-and-onion sandwiches for our lunches.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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He was a big, powerful man, a dark laughing Cajun with white teeth and turquoise eyes who had been raised on boudin, cush-cush, and garfish balls.
Neon Rain James Lee Burke 1987
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I call her tite cush-cush cause she always love cush-cush when she a little girl.
Neon Rain James Lee Burke 1987
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When they came to put the yams in, Quanqua put in a great many white yams, but Ananzi only put in one little red cush-cush yam.
Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent 1856
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There I remained, with my arms folded, and bowed as before, until dinner was brought in, and a calabash full of cush-cush was put into my hands to place before the king and his wives.
The Privateersman Frederick Marryat 1820
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When their curiosity was satisfied, they then appeared to consider our condition, and having obtained the old king's permission, they brought us a calabash full of cush-cush, that is,
The Privateersman Frederick Marryat 1820
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