pshaw

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No; but if a servant has grown bald under his master's nose, it looks as if there was honesty on one side, and regard for it on the other Sir R. Why, to be sure, old Humphrey, you are as honest as a--pshaw!

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  1. interjection Used to indicate impatience, irritation, disapproval, or disbelief.

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  • His boyish fancy had perforce faded at seventeen, and he was now--pshaw!--he was somewhere above forty. —  Olive A Novel
  • "I shall go home for a while, and then, perhaps--pshaw! —  The Second Chance
  • You and I shall have a jolly time o't, pup, from this time for'ard Dick paused for breath, and Crusoe wagged his tail and looked as if to say--pshaw! —  The Dog Crusoe and his Master
  • As poor Tom Brixton once said in a moment of confidence to his friend Westly, while excusing himself for so frequently going on prospecting expeditions to Bevan's Gully, "There's no question about it, Fred; she's the sweetest girl in Oregon--pshaw! —  Twice Bought
  • How noble an'--an'--handsome he is Oh, pshaw, Ben! —  Young Captain Jack The Son of a Soldier
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  1. Also psha, pshah; a mere exclamation, of no definite formation, but suggesting pish and sho, accommodation to ah, aw.
  2. from pshaw, interj.
 

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