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Definition of “tosh

tosh (tɒʃPronunciation for tosh

Definitions

noun

  1. slang mainly British nonsense; rubbish

Word Origin

C19: of unknown origin

Usage examples

  • Charming people, many of them, and they talk no more tosh than most other sorts of writer.
    Barnard, Robert, Death in Purple Prose (1987)
  • There is, however, no excuse for the unadulterated tosh spouted by the football authorities about drugs.
    Spiked (2003)
  • Indeed, there would be no contest between representative hurling and Gaelic football matches and much of that tosh.
    Irish Times (2002)
  • I worry when I hear the tosh about people like Rae knowing what real Rangers tradition is about.
    Sun, News of the World (2004)
  • Numbers are real, in other words -- or so the thinking goes; anything that can't be measured is romantic tosh.
    David Boyle, AUTHENTICITY: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life (2003)

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