| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Beside the Cushion | Literature | Beside the question; not to the point; not pertinent to the matter in hand. French, hors de propos; Latin, nihil ad rhombum. It was Judge Jeffreys who used the phrase, "Besides [sic ] the cushion." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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