pash
Americanverb
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pash
First recorded in 1890–1900; shortening and respelling of passion
Example Sentences
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That woman may have been the mother of the young silent star Mary Miles Minter, who had a pash for Taylor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024
Shieling, gneiss, pash, choss, sheep-fank: While reading Robert Macfarlane’s essays in “Landmarks” you’ll want to pause to say the words — collected in glossaries throughout — aloud, savoring their pronunciations and meanings.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2018
Newcastle have developed an all-girls boarding school style "pash" for QPR attacking midfielder Adel Taarabt, who has 11 goals this season, is the star of the lacrosse team and reads Christina Rossetti beautifully.
From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2011
It may be a rather shallow and increasingly unrealistic kind of pash, but it's still there, still cooking away against all sense of reasonable expectation.
From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2010
Uva tu o hegedive Tu sal mindīk pash mange.”
From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey
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