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Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief. quotations examples
"Pshaw! Why do ye bother yourself wid texts, man, about so small a matter?" interrupted the landlady
1823, James Fenimore Cooper, “chapter 13”, in The Pioneers
'Pshaw!' Ralph muttered, forcing a laugh.
1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 56, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839
"Have a care, cousin," he whispered; "for the sake of the Virgin have a care, for you have angered him.""Pshaw! fear not," the other answered in the same low tone.
1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 22, in The White Company, New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […]
Pshaw! And monkeys might fly out of my butt.
1992, Wayne Campbell, Wayne's World
third-person singular simple present pshaws, present participle pshawing, simple past and past participle pshawed
(intransitive) To express disgust or contempt by saying "pshaw". examples