bosh

Definitions

1. Nonsense.
   British, uncountable
2. The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack.
3. A figure.
   British, Norfolk, archaic, slang
4. A fiddle (musical instrument).
5. A surname
   rare

Examples

“Tho' hundreds cheer⟳ his blatant bosh, He's but a goose for a' that.”

“But you know⟳ very well you're talking bosh," exclaimed Abraham, somewhat discomfited. "There must be government, and there must be order⟳, say⟳ what you like⟳.”

“Oliver saw⟳ Kit Carson wink at the lieutenant and Lucien Maxwell, as the speech reached them, and it was evident that these three leaders did not believe⟳ the Indian tales. Consequently he himself decided that the reports of "evil spirits" awaiting were all bosh.”

“"Why, it's absolute bosh from beginning to end⟳."”

“to cut⟳ a bosh — "to make⟳ a figure⟳"”

“My father broke his bosh one night when he was in Waterford.”

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