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A cushion your knees worship on when your pride can't kneel on bare floor.
means A thick cushioned footstool or kneeling pad, often used for resting feet or kneeling in prayer.
from From Old English 'hassuc,' meaning a clump of coarse grass or sedge — the word originally described tufts of tough grassy turf. Over time it shifted to name the cushion or hard pad that mimicked that grassy tuft's shape and function, something low and solid to kneel or rest on. The leap from 'clump of grass' to 'cushion' is a bit hazy in the record, but the grassy root is well established.
- origin
- old english word for tuft of grass
- job
- padded footstool or kneeler in church pews
- irony
- softens humility, literally