tushery

/ (ˈtʌʃərɪ) /

literary the use of affectedly archaic language in novels, etc

Word Origin for tushery

coined by Robert Louis Stevenson, from tush 1 + -ery

tuscarora, tusche, tusculan, tusculum, tush, tushery, tushie, tushy, tusi, tusk, tusk shell

It is not, as you might assume, a costume novel of eighteenth-century tushery.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 |Various
I have had to leave Fontainebleau, when three hours would finish it, and go full-tilt at tushery for a while.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) |Robert Louis Stevenson
“Tushery” had been a name in use between Stevenson and Mr. Henley for romances of the Ivanhoe type.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) |Robert Louis Stevenson