pshaw
(used to express impatience, contempt, disbelief, etc.)
an exclamation of “pshaw!”
to say “pshaw.”
to say “pshaw” at or to.
Origin of pshaw
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How to use pshaw in a sentence
And the lesson to be learned from that is—pshaw I forget just what lesson I was going to draw from the kicking cow.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthur"pshaw," said Loretta, but June saw two bright spots come into her pretty cheeks, and she herself burned inwardly.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.A dangerous campaign lay before him, and the omens—but pshaw!
The Lion's Brood | Duffield OsborneGeneral Morgan took it, glanced over it, then with a shrug of his shoulders and a "pshaw!"
That Old-Time Child, Roberta | Sophie Fox SeaTo which Yorick, with his usual carelessness of heart, would as often answer with a pshaw!
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman | Laurence Sterne
British Dictionary definitions for pshaw
/ (pʃɔː) /
rare an exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc
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