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Bosh   /bɑʃ/   Listen
noun
Bosh  n.  Figure; outline; show. (Obs.)



Bosh  n.  Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. (Colloq.)



Bosh  n.  (pl. boshes)  
1.
One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace.
2.
pl. The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.
3.
In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.






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"Bosh" Quotes from Famous Books



... you Peter Prosper, and you can't stand it. You haven't spirit enough to call me Matty Thoroughbung in reply. But good-bye, Mr. Prosper,—for I never will call you Peter again. As to what I said to you about money, that, of course, is all bosh. I'll pay Soames's bill, and will never trouble you. There's your letter, which, however, would be of no use, because it is not signed. A very stupid letter it is. If you want to write naturally you should never copy a letter. Good-bye, Mr. Prosper—Peter that never shall be." ...
— Mr. Scarborough's Family • Anthony Trollope

... "Oh, bosh!" said Bobby. "I thought the man had gone out long ago - only - only I didn't care to take my hand away. Rub my arm down, there's a good chap. What a grip the brute has! I'm chilled to the marrow!" He passed out ...
— This is "Part II" of Soldiers Three, we don't have "Part I" • Rudyard Kipling

... not only the nose! The person becomes all diseased: his bones, sinews, brains grow diseased... Some doctors say such nonsense as that it's possible to be cured of this disease. Bosh! You'll never cure yourself! A person rots ten, twenty, thirty years. Every second paralysis can strike him down, so that the right side of the face, the right arm, the right leg die—it isn't a human being ...
— Yama (The Pit) • Alexandra Kuprin

... to talk about rank. That's all bosh, and I don't care about it. But Hap House is a small place, and Clara wouldn't be doing well; and what's more, I am quite sure the countess will not ...
— Castle Richmond • Anthony Trollope

... dresses, and many colored ribbons to my left. 'The Graduates,' Bell whispered, and the business of the day began. There were eight in all to read essays—nice looking girls, and much like the Lasells and Wellesleys we used to know. As for the essays—well, there was either a good deal of bosh in them, or a profundity of learning and thought to which Jack Harcourt never attained. But the people cheered like mad whenever one was ended, and sent up flowers, while I grew hotter and hotter, and when the seventh went ...
— The Cromptons • Mary J. Holmes


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