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tushery Definition

tush·ery (tus̸hə rē)

noun

high-flown, pretentious writing, usually larded with archaisms, like that in some sentimentalized historical novels

Etymology: < tush: used by Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson to refer to an affected archaic style of writing in romances

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