toshy

English

Etymology

From tosh +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

toshy (comparative toshier, superlative toshiest)

  1. (British, slang) rubbishy, trashy; worthless
    • 1902, H. Belloc, Path to Rome, section 163:
      The poor public […] is driven back to toshy novels about problems, written by cooks.
  2. (Scotland) Alternative form of tosh, clean, neat
    • 1856, J. Ballantine, Poems, section 47:
      And see how it's keepit sae toshy and clean.

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