"bahs" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: See bah Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} bahs
  1. plural of bah Tags: form-of, plural Form of: bah
    Sense id: en-bahs-en-noun-5KsZIOrT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bahs (uncountable)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of boss. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable Alternative form of: boss
    Sense id: en-bahs-en-noun-~9IUhm4w Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "ref": "1949, Stanley Grauman Weinbaum, The Worlds of If",
          "text": "Bah! Many bahs! The future or the past—pfui!",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1892, Grace E. King, Balcony Stories",
          "text": "And the gentlemen,--her preux chevaliers,--they were burning with other passions than those which had driven them to her knees, encountering a little more serious response than \"bahs\" and shrugs.",
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          "ref": "1922, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar",
          "text": "Wen de hinges creak an' cry, An' de bahs go slantin' down, You kin reckon dat hit's time Fu' to cas' yo' eye erroun', 'Cause daih ain't no 'sputin' dis, Hit's de trues' sign to show Dat daih 's cou'tin' goin' on Wen de ol' front gate sags low.",
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          "ref": "1990 May 25, John Powers, “The Year of the Tourist”, in Chicago Reader",
          "text": "As you walk down Bangkok's notorious Patpong Road (\"Pussy open bottle show, bahs?\"), you eventually come across Blu Jeans Country Bar--\"Hangovers Installed and Serviced.\"",
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