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Definition of Pshaws
1. pshaw [v] - See also: pshaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pshaws
Literary usage of Pshaws
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors. by John Timbs (1829)
"... and pshaws, or other well-bred interjections, at every thing that is said or
done in his presence. There should be physic mixed in all the food of which ..."
2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1893)
"... of consideration Sir Maximus had vented a few " pshaws!" and, in relation to
the whole affair, had grumbled that Phil was always setting him to do he ..."
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