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tosh
noun- nonsense UK, 1892
A compound of synonyms “bosh” and “trash”. - The Kaiser was evil, the Germans were bayoneting babies, brave little Belgium, it was all the same tosh. — Mark Steel, Reasons to be Cheerful, p. 127, 2001
- used as a form of male address UK, 1954
Possibly Scottish in origin. In 1990, car manufacturer Toshiba created a new slogan “Ullo Tosh! Gotta Toshiba?” based on the song “Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?”, Alexei Sayle, 1983. - a bath UK, 1881
School slang. - Time for a tosh (a bath for those of you not fortunate enough to be Old Harrovians)[.] — John McCririck, John McCririck’s World of Betting, p. 10, 1991
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