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pshaw
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pshaw
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ʃɔ
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interjection
1.
(used to express impatience, contempt, disbelief, etc.)
noun
2.
an exclamation of “pshaw!”
verb (used without object)
3.
to say “pshaw.”
verb (used with object)
4.
to say “pshaw” at or to.
Origin:
1665–75
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pshaw
(pʃɔː)
—
interj
rare
an exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
chat, to converse
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
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, think no more of him, but trust to occurrences for success.
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