noun · countable / uncountable · rare

tosh

tosh · toshes

абсурд, нісенітниця, безглуздя

ерунда, вздор, нонсенс

Unsinn, Nonsens, Blödsinn

Rubbish, trash, nonsense, bosh, balderdashRubbish, trash, (now especially) nonsense, bosh, balderdash

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UK/tɒʃ/US/tɑʃ/

» Whoever came out with that tosh is an absolute eejit.

Wer auch immer diesen Mist verzapft hat, ist ein Volltrottel. — MUIRIEL

sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

Meaning

9 senses

(UK, rare, slang, uncountable)Valuables retrieved from drains and sewers.
(UK, slang, uncountable)Rubbish, trash, (now especially) nonsense, bosh, balderdash
(UK, countable)A bath or foot pan
(derogatory, slang, uncountable)Easy bowling
(UK, humorous, slang, uncountable)Used as a form of address.
(UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Copper; items made of copper.
(UK, countable, obsolete, slang)A half-crown coin; its value
(UK, countable, obsolete, slang)A crown coin; its value
(UK, archaic, slang, uncountable)Any money, particularly pre-decimalization British coinage

More definitions

pretentious or silly talk or writing

Examples

5 sentences

Whoever came out with that tosh is an absolute eejit.
deWer auch immer diesen Mist verzapft hat, ist ein Volltrottel. — MUIRIEL
sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
That's a load of tosh.
deDas ist ein Riesenquatsch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Tom was able to make the biggest load of tosh sound convincing enough that everyone believed him.
deTom konnte den größten Unsinn so überzeugend von sich geben, dass ihm jeder glaubte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
That's just tosh.
ruЭто просто вздор. — marafon
deDas ist doch Kokolores. — Zaghawa
sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
That's absolute tosh.
deDas ist völliger Unsinn. — Tamy
sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Origin

From 19th-century British thieves' cant, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from *tarsh, a metat

From 19th-century British thieves' cant, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from *tarsh, a metathetic alteration of trash; or from toss.

From 19th-century British slang tosheroon, from or alongside tusheroon, of uncertain derivation from British slang caroon (“crown, a 5-shilling silver coin”), from Sabir and (originally) Italian corona (“crown”). The term was either derived from or influenced by madza caroon, the British slang for the Sabir and Italian mezzo corona (“half-crown”), possibly under influence from tosh (“copper items; valuables”) above or from the half-crown's value of two shillings & sixpence.

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