Meaning of bosh | Babel Free

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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