cushy

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Definition: easy
Antonyms: demanding, difficult

cushy
adjective   informal
Word origin: 20th century: from Hindi khush 'pleasant', from Persian khōsh


Cushy is thought to share South Asian roots with cushty. The latter, Del Boy's favourite pronouncement, is a corruption of a Romani word whose incorporation into mainstream English was helped along first by the popularity of its older Hindi soundalike, then by Peckham's most famous entrepreneur

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adjective

Of a post, job, etc.: easy and pleasant. (1915 —) .
A. Sillitoe You were always on the lookout for a cushy billet (1970).

[Anglo-Indian, from Hindustani ḳhūsh pleasant.]

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See words rhyming with "cushy."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - let, blød, magelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
makkelijk, zacht

Français (French)
adj. - peinard, facile

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bequem

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άνετος, βολικός, χουζουρλίδικος, ραχατλίδικος

Italiano (Italian)
facile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fácil (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
удобный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fácil, agradable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lätt o välbetald, bekväm, latmans-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
容易的, 轻松而容易赚钱的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 容易的, 輕鬆而容易賺錢的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 편한, 즐거운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 楽な
n. - 金

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لا تحتج عنا كبير ( كوظيفه كتابيه أو حياة الأغنياء)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קל, נוח‬

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