Associations to the word «Tosh»

Wiktionary

TOSH, noun. (British) (obsolete slang) (uncountable) Copper; items made of copper
TOSH, noun. (chiefly British) (uncommon slang) (uncountable) Valuables retrieved from sewers and drains
TOSH, noun. (chiefly British) (slang) (uncountable) Rubbish, trash, (now) especially in the sense of nonsense, bosh, balderdash
TOSH, noun. (UK) (archaic school slang) (countable) A bath or foot pan
TOSH, noun. (cricket) (slang) (disparaging) (uncountable) Easy bowling
TOSH, noun. (UK) (jocular slang) (uncountable) Used as a form of address.
TOSH, verb. (British) (obsolete slang) To steal copper, particularly from ship hulls
TOSH, verb. (chiefly British) (uncommon slang) To search for valuables in sewers
TOSH, verb. (UK) (archaic school slang) To use a tosh-pan, either to wash, to splash, or to "bath"
TOSH, adjective. (Scotland) (obsolete) Tight.
TOSH, adjective. (Scotland) Neat, clean; tidy, trim.
TOSH, adjective. (Scotland) Comfortable, agreeable; friendly, intimate.
TOSH, adverb. (Scotland) Toshly: neatly, tidily
TOSH, verb. (Scotland) To make ‘tosh’: to tidy, to trim.
TOSH, noun. (British) (obsolete slang) (countable) A half-crown coin; its value
TOSH, noun. (British) (obsolete slang) (countable) A crown coin; its value
TOSH, noun. (British) (archaic slang) (uncountable) Any money, particularly pre-decimalization British coinage
TOSH, acronym. The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital.
TOSH, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

TOSH, noun. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.

Wise words

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