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poshened

poshened is the simple past and past participle of poshen.

Meaning of poshen

Verb

poshen (third-person singular simple present poshens, present participle poshening, simple past and past participle poshened)

  1. (UK, ambitransitive) To make or become posh, to posh up
    • ([…] He's a grammar-school lad on the make, who poshened up at Cambridge and now can't speak normal, which makes him sound ludicrous when he tries. Along the way he also poshened up his team, dumping Fulham to follow Chelsea.)1997, New Statesman, volume 126, numbers 4316-4327, page 35

Questions about poshened

What is poshened the simple past and past participle of?
Poshened is the simple past and past participle of poshen.

Words near poshened in the dictionary

  1. posheaf
  2. posheaves
  3. poshed
  4. poshed up
  5. poshen
  6. poshened
  7. poshening
  8. poshens
  9. posher
  10. poshes
  11. poshes up

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