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Tosh — may refer to:* Nyírtass, a Hungarian village, Yiddish name Tosh * Tosh (Hasidic dynasty) * Tosh (Fluke song) * UK slang term for nonsensePeople with the surname Tosh: * Tosh (surname)People with the given name Tosh: * Tosh Askew * Tosh Townend *… … Wikipedia
Tosh — ist der Familienname von mehreren Personen: Andrew Tosh (* 1967), jamaikanischer Reggaemusiker Daniel Tosh (* 1975), US amerikanischer Stand up Comedian und Fernsehmoderator Peter Tosh (1944–1987), jamaikanischer Sänger Stuart Tosh (* 1951),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tosh — Tosh, a. [Cf. OF. tonce shorn, clipped, and E. tonsure.] Neat; trim. [Scot.] Jomieson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tosh — [tɔʃ US ta:ʃ] n [U] BrE informal nonsense ▪ What a load of old tosh! … Dictionary of contemporary English
tosh — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ rubbish; nonsense. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
tosh — [täsh] n., interj. [< ?] [Informal, Chiefly Brit.] nonsense … English World dictionary
tosh — mack·in·tosh; mack·in·tosh·ite; tosh; tosh·ly; … English syllables
tosh — n British 1. a term of address to a stranger, invariably used by a man to another man. This working class word, now obsolescent, was a favourite with spivs and young toughs in the 1950s and early 1960s. It can be used with bravado, in rough… … Contemporary slang
tosh — Eric Partridge records many meanings of ‘tosh’ in A Dictionary of Historical Slang, but none explains the friendly use of this term between men as an equivalent of ‘mate’, ‘chum’, etc. It was heard reasonably frequently in Britain in the 1950s … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Tosh — Recorded as Tash, Tashe, Tasche, Tesh, and Tosh, this unusual surname is of early medieval English origin. It is a variant of the more familiar Ash or Nash, a topographical name from residence by a prominent ash tree. The derivation is from the… … Surnames reference
