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Grammar : Noun
Spell : bosh
Phonetic Transcription : bɒʃ



Definition of bosh

Origin :
  • "empty talk, nonsense," 1834, from Turkish, literally "empty." Introduced in "Ayesha," popular romance novel by J.J. Morier (1780-1849).
  • As in tripe : noun nonsense, rubbish
  • As in balderdash : noun nonsense
  • As in gobbledygook : noun jargon
Example sentences :
  • "What a lot of bosh is talked about lovers," his comment ran.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • This stupendous mass of bosh could not have been produced unless there were a demand for it.
  • Extract from : « The Curse of Education » by Harold E. Gorst
  • That talk about me trying to get you out of Illington, Blaine, is all bosh, and you know it.
  • Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
  • How even such a banquet of bosh was got ready in the time remained a riddle.
  • Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • If my reader finds this bosh and abracadabra, all right for him.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • She was not told, and decided for herself, with doubts, for bosh.
  • Extract from : « The Children » by Alice Meynell
  • One-Eye waved him away as if he were a fly, and said "Bosh!"
  • Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates
  • I suggested that either one of the Coe lads or Lama should go with him, to which he said "Bosh!"
  • Extract from : « The Call Of The South » by Louis Becke
  • I explained all this to Marchgiont, and he actually believed me and did not say "Bosh!"
  • Extract from : « The Call Of The South » by Louis Becke
  • Now, I can fancy you holding up your hands and crying out what bosh!
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin

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