phooey
interjection
(an exclamation indicating rejection, contempt, or disgust).
pfui
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a variation of
phooey.
Example Sentences
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Some of them took to flight, but, pfui, there were enough for my young lord to show his mettle upon.
From The Dove in the Eagle's Nest by Charlotte Mary Yonge
He has a wife, and she has a husband, and they each have a lot of children; so you see if it's true it really is very pfui.
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim
