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Origin of pshaw
Pshaw derivation
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Flowering shrubs
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pshaw
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interjection
1.
(used to express impatience, contempt, disbelief, etc.)
noun
2.
an exclamation of “pshaw!”
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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)
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interj
rare
an exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc
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