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tosh

1 American  
[tosh] / tɒʃ /

noun

Chiefly British Informal.
  1. nonsense; bosh.


tosh 2 American  
[tosh] / tɒʃ /

verb (used with object)

  1. to make neat or tidy.


adjective

  1. neat; tidy.

tosh British  
/ tɒʃ /

noun

  1. slang nonsense; rubbish

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of tosh1

1890–95; perhaps blend of trash + bosh 1

Origin of tosh2

First recorded in 1770–80; origin uncertain


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We could just call this an absolute load of utter codswallop and tosh, but let's take a minute and really unpack Graham's sales pitch here.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2022

TS Eliot, writing in 1923, believed it was "the most important expression which the present age has found" but Virginia Woolf described it as "tosh".

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2022

As for Solskjaer whinging about an infringement by Ollie Watkins on David de Gea for the goal, I have never heard such tosh.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2021

While it seems extremely unlikely, we are prepared to concede we’ve published more outlandish tosh.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2018

Matters were by-and-bye settled full tosh between us; and, though the means of both parties were small, we were young, and able and willing to help one another. 

From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by David Macbeth Moir

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