Meaning of cushy number | Babel Free

Definitions

A job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding; a sinecure.

British, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“At this rate Wednesdays [PMQs] could become a cushy number for the Labour leader.”

“And they knew who the winners were: those refugees on the other side of the city; the next-door neighbour who’d got a cushy number on benefits.”

“The band’s ascent is exciting and bewildering – until it isn’t. When Nirvana ends, he turns down a cushy number playing drums for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to record Foo Fighters’ terrific debut album in a makeshift home studio, playing every instrument himself.”

“Few professions’ pay have aroused such incredulous ire as train drivers: earning an average of nearly £70,000 a year, going on strike to demand more, and they don’t even have to steer. But if it really is such a cushy number, why doesn’t Britain have enough drivers – and what does it take to join their ranks?”

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