Definition of cushy
cushier
;cushiest
: entailing little hardship or difficulty a cushy job with a high salary
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Examples of cushy in a Sentence
His uncle got him a cushy job in the city government.
a big cushy chair that's perfect for watching television
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There are cushy booths and a curvilinear bar that draws you to its bosom.
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This person, having been kept out of the cushy Hastings household for his or her entire life, would have plenty of motivation for becoming Uber A.
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Having quit his cushy job at Goldman Sachs to pursue his dot-com dream, Kaleil joined Tom and a few other friends to found GovWorks.com, an Internet portal that attempted to automate transactions between local governments and the public, in 1999.
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Origin and Etymology of cushy
Hindi ḵẖuś & Urdu khush from Persian khūsh
First Known Use: 1915
CUSHY Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of cushy for English Language Learners
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: very easy and pleasant : involving little difficulty or effort
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