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toshy

toshy adjective: rubbishy, trashy; worthless. Also the alternative form of tosh.

Adjective

toshy (comparative toshier, superlative toshiest)

  1. (UK, slang) rubbishy, trashy; worthless
    • The poor public […] is driven back to toshy novels about problems, written by cooks.1902, H. Belloc, Path to Rome, section 163

Also used as

toshy is also the alternative form of tosh.

Synonyms of toshy

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Forms of toshy

comparativetoshier
superlativetoshiest

Origin of toshy

From tosh + -y.

Questions about toshy

What does toshy mean?
Toshy means rubbishy, trashy; worthless.
What part of speech is toshy?
Toshy is an adjective.

Words near toshy in the dictionary

  1. toshiver
  2. Toshiyo
  3. toshiyori
  4. toshiyori-kabu
  5. toshly
  6. toshy
  7. Tosi
  8. tosie
  9. tosilog
  10. tosing
  11. tosirak

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