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Definition of Tussuck
1. n. See Tussock.
Definition of Tussuck
1. Noun. (archaic form of tussock) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tussuck
1. tussock [n -S] - See also: tussock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tussuck
Literary usage of Tussuck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Zealand as it is by John Bradshaw (1883)
"The unimproved farm will consist either of land still in the native tussuck, or
be in English grass, from which probably a crop of wheat has already been ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"tussuck, n. a bunch or cluster of rank grass. Tatty, adj. touchy, short-tempered.
Twang, n. accent; manner of speaking ; dialect. ' Who be them two chaps, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... so that the traveller may cross a great water- parting without being aware of
it, a tussuck of .grass deciding the course of the waters, whether towards ..."
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