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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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‡CASHIE, adj.1 [′kɑʃɪ̢]
1. “Delicate, not able to endure fatigue” (Slk., Dmf. 1825 Jam.2; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.).Rxb. 1898 E.D.D.:
Sheep in a going back condition are described by shepherds as “cashie.”
2. Of food: soft, flabby (Rxb. 1825 Jam.2); of persons: “of easy or little principle” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.). Cf. Cush, n.Rxb. 1898 E.D.D.:
A cashie turnip.
3. (1) “Luxuriant and succulent; spoken of vegetables and the shoots of trees” (Upper Clydes., Dmf. 1818 in Edin. Mag. (Oct.) 327; w.Dmf. 1899 J. Shaw Country Schoolmaster 345).Sc. 1818 Ballad in Edin. Mag. (Oct.) 328/1:
Deep down in the sauchie glen o' Trows, Aneth the cashie wud.
(2) “[Applied] to animals that grow very rapidly” (Dmf. 1825 Jam.2).
[Origin obscure. Three suggestions have been offered: (1) cf. Fr. cassé, broken (E.D.D.); (2) cf. cassen, tainted, decaying (see Cast, v., I. 24); (3) a variant of cushie, a timid person (see Cush, n.).]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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