poshy

poshy adjective: of land: sticky, clayey, binding.

Adjective (1)

poshy (comparative poshier, superlative poshiest)

(archaic) Of land: sticky, clayey, binding.
- Plant shrubs and trees, deciduous or evergreen; but avoid a poshy state of the land, if it be binding or clayey.1849, British Farmer's Magazine, number 16, page 461
- I prefer a deep, rich loam, neither clay nor sand, but what the plough boys call "poshy land," sticks to the plough […]1877, Southern Cultivator, volume 35, page 306

poshy (comparative poshier, superlative poshiest)

(colloquial) Posh.
- Trau, “The Morning Show”, Tele Reviews, page 27, column 5:
  Casting the top news developments, here and there supported by films, is Charles Collingwood, another down-to-earther despite the poshy aura about his background (Rhodes scholar, etc.) and the meticulous grooming.
  Abel, “Shirl Conway”, New...1954 March 17, Variety, volume 194, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Variety, →ISSN, →OCLC
- North Ryde was open, real poshy people used to be there.1999, Peter Read, quoting Aileen Wedge, “‘I’d never put anybody in jail’”, in A Rape of the Soul So Profound: The Return of the Stolen Generation, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge...

The idea of spending a lot of time with the sexy, poshy girl Stormy was cool, but a trip to Rome was better, a lot better.2012 December 4, Isabella Monroe, “Lullaby”, in The Fresher: You’re Every Minute Closer to the Truth…, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse...
I mean it’s so nice and cool … not to be a poshy girl, but to be one of the guys.2013 May 8, Movieclips, Fast & Furious 6 Interview […], spoken by Gal Gadot, via YouTube; quoted in Vanessa Oswald, “Speeding Toward...
He conceded that he and his brothers were able to “pass,” because their aunt worked at a poshy men’s store and therefore, they had the proper wardrobe.2020, Bonita C[oleman] Stewart, Jacqueline Adams, “Dreaming of Allies”, in A Blessing: Women of Color Teaming Up to Lead, Empower and...

comparative	poshier
superlative	poshiest

From posh + -y.

What does poshy mean?: Poshy means of land: sticky, clayey, binding.
How do you use poshy in a sentence?: The idea of spending a lot of time with the sexy, poshy girl Stormy was cool, but a trip to Rome was better, a lot better.
What part of speech is poshy?: Poshy is an adjective.

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