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 Used Up.Us’quebau’gh (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ush’er means a porter.
 
(Old French, huisher, a door; whence huissier, an usher; Latin, ostiarius.) One who stands at the door to usher visitors into the presence. (Scotch, Wishart.)   1
 


 Used Up.Us’quebau’gh (3 syl.). 

 
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