"pfah" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

  1. Expressing contempt or dissatisfaction. Synonyms: pah, pfft
    Sense id: en-pfah-en-intj-CY4hVXMp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "2011, Sam Bowring, Prophecy's Ruin, page 164:",
          "text": "'Pfah!' said Naphur, crossing his hairy arms. 'I don't know what makes you two believe you deserve such input. Especially you, young man!'",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Michele Hanson, What the Grown-ups Were Doing: An Odyssey Through 1950s Suburbia:",
          "text": "'I should care. Pfah!' said my father, meaning that he shouldn't care and that was the least of his worries.",
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        },
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          "word": "pfft"
        }
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