faugh
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of faugh
First recorded in 1535–45
Example Sentences
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No slang, he insisted, was pah, which meant "bah, faugh, fudge."
From Time Magazine Archive
They sneer at the means by which he became Crown Prince�married into it, faugh!
From Time Magazine Archive
But some suppose this to have been a title of aversion, like our English "faugh" against any thing which stinks.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
The rake inured to card-room traps, Yet making fearful faces Because his foes, perfidious chaps, Have always all the aces— "Ruined! the old place mortgaged! faugh!"
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
But he doesn't mean faugh, faugh, half the time.
From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
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