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Posh   /pɑʃ/   Listen
Posh

adjective
1.
Elegant and fashionable.  Synonyms: classy, swish.  "A classy dame" , "A posh restaurant" , "A swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"






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"Posh" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the last resort into the employment of cheaper methods of cottage building. Will you allow me to put in a word for the revival, in the neighbourhood of the sea, of the old Suffolk plan of building with what is locally known as "posh," after the name of the original inventor, who was an ancestor of FITZGERALD'S friend. "Posh" is a mixture of old boots—of which a practically unlimited supply can be found on the beaches of seaside resorts—and seaweed, boiled into a jelly, allowed to ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 15, 1916 • Various



Words linked to "Posh" :   stylish, fashionable, colloquialism



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