subs. (colloquial).—A practitioner of GUSH (q.v.). Also GUSHINGTON.
1864. YATES, Broken to Harness, ch. vi., p. 66 (1873). The enthusiastic GUSHER who flings his or herself upon our necks, and insists upon sharing our sorrow.
1882. M. E. BRADDON, Mount Royal, ch. viii. ‘But, surely there is nothing improper in the play, dear Lady Cumberbridge,’ exclaimed the eldest GUSHER, too long in society to shrink from sifting any question of that kind.
