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Definition of Pooh-Bah
1. Noun. An arrogant or conceited person of importance.
Definition of Pooh-Bah
1. Noun. (alternative form of poobah) ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of poobah) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pooh-Bah
| poofed poofier poofiest poofing poofs poofta pooftahs pooftas poofter poofters | poogye poogyes pooh pooh-bah pooh-pooh pooh bah pooh bahs poohbah poohbahs poohed | poohing poohs pooiest pooing pooja poojah poojahs poojas |
Literary usage of Pooh-Bah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Consulate in Samoa: A Record of Four Years' Sojourn in the Navigators by William Brown Churchward (1887)
"... Men—Kava and Smoke—A Samoan 'Pooh Bah'—No Money—No Taxes. 10th October.
IN answer to the letters I had brought for the King and Government of Samoa, ..."
2. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1887)
"You will remember a certain important personage—" Pooh Bah " who traced his ...
When Ko Ko was about to marry Yum Yum, he consulted Pooh Bah as to the ..."
3. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1908)
"(To Pooh-Bah.) Pooh, Am I to understand that all of us high Officers of State
... (Exit Pooh-Bah.) Take Yum-Yum and marry Yum-Yum, only go away and never ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"Perhaps before Pooh-Bah-rington & Co. decide on the withdrawal of W. 8.
GILBERT'S Pooh-Bah-rington Hall at the St. James's, Sir ARTHUR may be called in to ..."
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