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fashes

fashes is the plural of fash.

fashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fash.

Meaning of fash

Noun (1)

fash (plural fashes)

  1. (Geordie, Northern England, Scotland) A worry; trouble; bother.

Noun (2)

fash (plural fash)

  1. (UK, derogatory, especially, slang) A fascist, a member of the far-right.
    • The Butchers Here is an old Munich policeman — Wilhelm Frick with eyes like those of a fash.1945, Information Bulletin, volume 5, numbers 66-131
  2. (UK, derogatory, especially, in plural, slang) The far-right, especially violent far-right demonstrators, collectively.
    • Used to go down to London on bash-the-fash awaydays; turn up at National Front marches and give them a toeing.1996, Ajay Close, Official and doubtful, UK: Random House

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Phrases with fashes

Questions about fashes

What is fashes the plural of?
Fashes is the plural of fash.

Words near fashes in the dictionary

  1. Fashams
  2. fashed
  3. fashed one's thumb
  4. fasheries
  5. fashery
  6. fashes
  7. fashes one's thumb
  8. fashied
  9. fashier
  10. fashies
  11. fashiest

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