He has deserved the cushion; a saying of one whose wife is brought to bed of a boy: implying, that having done his business effectually, he may now indulge or repose himself.
·noun a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf. II. Cushion ·noun the elastic edge of a billiard table....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- A cushionlike band of vascular tissue at the upper border of the wall of the hoof of the ho...
·add. ·- A thick solid-rubber tire, as for a bicycle, with a hollow groove running lengthwise on the...
·- An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris). ...
East out of Old Broad Street at No. 10, in Broad Street Ward (P.O Directory). First mention: O. and...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A parson; many of whom in the fury of their eloquence, heartily belabour their cushions. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
n. i.q. Hakea laurina,R. Br. See hakea. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
See Pay Office. ...
South out of Cow Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831). Former name : "Bore's...