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pshaw
[shaw]
interjection
(used to express impatience, contempt, disbelief, etc.)
noun
an exclamation of “pshaw!”
verb (used without object)
to say “pshaw.”
verb (used with object)
to say “pshaw” at or to.
pshaw
/ ʃɔː /
interjection
rarean exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pshaw1
Example Sentences
One critic complained: “Americans visiting the great sites of antiquity will be heard to remark: ‘So this is the Taj Mahal; pshaw … the Oriental Theater at home is twice as big and has electric lights besides.’”
‘Pshaw! Say what you will. You only come before me like a gnat. I know what I wish and will not be pestered into doing that which is wrong.’
‘Pshaw! You come before me like a gnat. And I ignore you.’
Pshaw sirrah, it's called "medieval".
Undeterred, Chappelow wrote back to him: “Shame on you! Pshaw! Why you’re SUPERMAN!”
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