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"Oh, hogwash!"
Answer for the clue ""Oh, hogwash!" ", 5 letters:
pshaw
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Word definitions for pshaw in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
exclamation of contempt or rejection, by 1670s.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
interj. Indicating disapproval, irritation, impatience or disbelief. vb. (context intransitive English) To express disgust or contempt.
Usage examples of pshaw.
To my surprise, however, Saxon pished and pshawed under his breath, until at last, unable to contain his impatience, he broke out in hot discontent.
Pshaw, my dear fellow, what do the public, the great unobservant public, who could hardly tell a weaver by his tooth or a compositor by his left thumb, care about the finer shades of analysis and deduction!