Flusher vs Lusher - What's the difference?
flusher | lusher |
The mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain.
Agent noun of flush: one who flushes.
(US, politics) A worker for a political campaign who persuades voters to vote on Election Day
*{{quote-book, 1996, Larry J. Sabato & Glenn R. Simpson, Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics
, passage=Each flusher is typically paid $20 to $50. Fleets of cars, buses, and other vehicles are also at the ready to ferry voters to and from the polls.}}
English agent nouns
(lush)
(obsolete) Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
(dialectal) Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned.
(of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life.
* 2006 , Stefani Jackenthal, New York Times
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
, author=Nancy Langston
, title=The Fraught History of a Watery World
, volume=101, issue=1, page=59
, magazine=
(slang, of food) Luxuriant, delicious.
(British, slang) Beautiful, sexy.
(British, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
(pejorative) Drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
Intoxicating liquor.
To drink liquor to excess.
To drink (liquor) to excess.
As a noun flusher
is the mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain.As a proper noun lusher is
.flusher
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lusher
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(head)lush
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(wikipedia lush)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Related to (m). More at (l), (l).Adjective
(er)- Some of the world’s best rain forest and volcanic hiking can be found within the lush canopied Caribbean trail systems. Chock-full of waterfalls and hot springs, bright-colored birds and howling monkeys, flora-lined trails cut through thick, fragrant forests and up cloud-covered mountains.
citation, passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}
- That meal was lush ! We have to go that restaurant again sometime!
- Boys with long hair are lush !
- Your voice is lush , Lucy! I could listen to it all day!
