tosh
IPA: tˈɑʃ
noun
- (uncountable, Britain, slang, obsolete) Copper; items made of copper.
- (uncountable, chiefly Britain, slang, rare) Valuables retrieved from drains and sewers.
- (chiefly Britain, slang, uncountable) Rubbish, trash, (now especially) nonsense, bosh, balderdash
- (UK, archaic school slang, countable) A bath or foot pan
- (cricket, slang, derogatory, uncountable) Easy bowling
- (UK, humorous slang, uncountable) Used as a form of address.
- (Britain, obsolete slang, countable) A half-crown coin; its value
- (Britain, obsolete slang, countable) A crown coin; its value
- (Britain, archaic slang, uncountable) Any money, particularly pre-decimalization British coinage
- A surname.
- A Hassidic community
- Synonym of Nyírtass (Nyírtass); A village in Hungary
- Acronym of The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital.
- Ellipsis of Kiryas Tosh.; A neighbourhood of Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada
verb
- (Britain, obsolete slang) To steal copper, particularly from ship hulls
- (chiefly Britain, uncommon slang) To search for valuables in sewers
- (UK, archaic school slang) To use a tosh-pan, either to wash, to splash, or to "bath"
- (Scotland) To make ‘tosh’: to tidy, to trim.
adjective
- (Scotland, obsolete) Tight.
- (Scotland) Neat, clean; tidy, trim.
- (Scotland) Comfortable, agreeable; friendly, intimate.
adverb
- (Scotland) Toshly: neatly, tidily
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Examples of "tosh" in Sentences
- Even the title is a load of tosh.
- That sounds like a load of old tosh.
- It's utter tosh, but it's interesting.
- Tosh Raka is the first one to succeed.
- There's a load of tosh going on in here.
- This article is complete and utter tosh.
- If it's not tosh, it's original research.
- Tosh Masson's position of choice is as a.
- Tosh Masson's position of choice is as a .
- As you know a lot of tosh is offered there.
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