bah
Americaninterjection
interjection
Example Sentences
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If holiday clutter has you more bah humbug than merry, these tips from professional organizers around Seattle might make your life easier before and after the holidays, and well into the new year.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
Yet, Jefferson — like Monk himself and Everett before them — is clued into the big catch: It’s impossible to write about not wanting to write about race without, bah, writing about race.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
From observing him down the years, he appears to have a couple of go-to’s - a cor blimey guv’nor cockney one and an ee, bah gum Yorkshire one.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2021
It's the country where the character Ebenezer Scrooge was invented, the man who would scoff "bah humbug" at any Christmas revellers.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2017
"Ah bah, these English!" she muttered scornfully, "If but my Henri were to discover me in such a situation—la, la!"
From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein
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