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Word entry · 4 letters

tosh

Best crossword clue

"British nonsense"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /tɒʃ/Part of speech nounSorted hostStarts with TEnds with H2 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2O3S4H

Definitions

  1. pretentious or silly talk or writing

Word origin

From 19th-century British thieves' cant, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from *tarsh, a metathetic alteration of trash; or from toss.

Used in a sentence

  • I am present engaged in fishing for tosh in the sewers of Blastburn.
  • To think what I've gone through to hear that man! Frightful tosh it'll be, too.
  • ‘Took yeh from the ruined house myself, on Dumbledore’s orders. Brought yeh ter this lot...’ ‘Load of old tosh,’ said Uncle Vernon.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01British nonsense4 letters
02Nonsense, in Britain4 letters

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