1 October 2017

tosh(1)

[tosh]

noun, Chiefly British Informal.

1. nonsense; bosh.

Origin of tosh(1)

1890-95; perhaps blend of trash + bosh1

tosh(2)

[tosh] Scot.

verb (used with object)

1. to make neat or tidy.
adjective
2. neat; tidy.

Origin

First recorded in 1770-80; origin uncertain

Related forms

toshly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for tosh

Contemporary Examples

Historical Examples

How tiresome is the tosh written in the papers and spoken in Parliament about the war!
War Letters of a Public-School Boy
Paul Jones.

Into that tosh the house was invited to pour any fluid that could be spared.
The Hill
Horace Annesley Vachell

Before everybody—all this tosh —I mean all this stuff I wrote.
Regiment of Women
Clemence Dane

“Not that particular kind of tosh, perhaps,” agreed Mackenzie.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 12, 1919
Various

Anagram

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Today’s quote

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

– Roald Dahl

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On this day

1 October – International Day of Older Persons.

1 October – World Vegetarian Day.

1 October 1867 – ‘Das Kapital‘ by Karl Marx first published.

1 October 1869 – The world’s first postcards are issued in Vienna, Austria.

1 October 1893 – birth of Yip Man, Wing Chun Kung Fu grand-master. Immortalised in the movie, Ip Man. Died 2 December 1972.

1 October 1908 – the Model T Ford rolls out.

1 October 1918 – Damascus captured by Arab forces under the direction of Lawrence of Arabia (T.E. Lawrence) in World War I.

1 October 1942 – Little Golden Books commences publishing.

1 October 1957 – United States commences printing ‘In God We Trust’ on its paper currency.

1 October 1958 – Britain transfers Christmas Island to Australia.