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21cushion — (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. coissin seat cushion (12c., Mod.Fr. coussin), probably a variant of V.L. *coxinum, from L. coxa hip, thigh, or from L. culcita mattress. Someone has counted more than 400 spellings of the plural of this word in M.E. wills… …
22cushion the blow — cushion/soften the blow to make a difficult experience less unpleasant. Free street parking is to be abolished, but residents are being offered reduced price parking permits in an attempt to cushion the blow …
23The Night Gwen Stacy Died — The Amazing Spider Man #121 (June 1973. Cover art by John Romita, Sr. Publisher Marvel Comics Publicati …
24The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle —   …
25cushion scale — cushion scale, a very common scale insect, injurious to oranges and other trees, having a large waxy, fluted ovisac resembling a cushion attached to the bodies of the females …
26Cushion tire — A thick solid rubber tire, as for a bicycle, with a hollow groove running lengthwise on the inside. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
27The Devil Wears Prada (novel) — The Devil Wears Prada   …
28The Story of Miss Moppet —   …
29The Framley Examiner — ( Framley s traditional favourite since 1978 ) is a parody of a newspaper in a small provincial English town.Very little happens in Framley, so the highlights in the newspaper are the absurdist classified ads (for items such as second hand… …
30The Golden Crab — is a Greek fairy tale collected as Prinz Krebs by Bernhard Schmidt in his Griechische Märchen, Sagen and Volkslieder . Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book . [Andrew Lang, The Yellow Fairy Book ,… …
