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Webster 1913 Edition


Pugh

Pugh

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int
erj.
Pshaw! pish! – a word used in contempt or disdain.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pugh

PUGH

, exclam. A word used in contempt or disdain.

Definition 2024


Pugh

Pugh

See also: pugh

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Pugh

  1. A surname.

pugh

pugh

See also: Pugh

English

Interjection

pugh

  1. (archaic) pshaw; pish; a word used in contempt or disdain.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
      "Pugh!" says Sophia. "There! no, no: what should he do there? He is gone before this time, to be sure. Besides, why—what—why should you go to see? besides, I want you for something else. Go, fetch me my hat and gloves. I shall walk with my aunt in the grove before dinner."

Cornish

Noun

pugh

  1. Hard mutation of bugh.