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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



... his conduct. Lupin takes us for a drive, which we don't enjoy. Lupin introduces us to Mr. Murray Posh. ...
— The Diary of a Nobody • George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith

... most diverting person, Brown— The "star" comedian in Town, And, since he donned a posh Sam B., O.C. Amusements, L. of C. He steadfastly refused to whine Because he never saw the Line, But carried on, stout fellow, and Is now at home, I understand. A pivot so well-paid and prized Just had ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, March 12, 1919 • Various

... literary fashions, was giving still more practical expression to the physical faith that was in him, by going shares in a Lowestoft herring-lugger, and throwing his heart as well as his money into the fortunes of its noble skipper 'Posh.' A literary man par excellence, Mr. Lang reproaches his sires for his ...
— Prose Fancies (Second Series) • Richard Le Gallienne



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



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