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English
Etymology
From bush.
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bushed
- (informal) Very tired; exhausted.
After hours on the airplane and a long drive, I'm bushed.
- (Canada) Mentally unwell due to isolation, especially due to working in a remote mine or camp; experiencing cabin fever.
After three weeks up there I was bushed and needed to get out.
- Incorporating a bush, a mechanical part.
1960 December, “Thee first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 726:Body weight is carried directly by the lower ends of rubber-bushed swing links of 19.6 in. effective length.
- (Australia) Lost in the bush.
2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 271:‘She changes her shape depending on which way you're coming at her. Once you know the contours of Bulgonunna you'll never get bushed in this country.’
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