"pfaugh" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} pfaugh
  1. An expression of disgust, contempt, disdain, or dismissal. Synonyms: feh, pish, pshaw, pooh, bah
    Sense id: en-pfaugh-en-intj-zv6L4SsK

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          "ref": "1892, Thomas Carlyle, “Excursion (Futile Enough) to Paris”, in The Last Words of Thomas Carlyle, Appleton & Co., page 228",
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          "ref": "2007, Michael Flynn, Eifelheim, Macmillan, page 167",
          "text": "But not so many as of us, eh? Why do you suppose that is? Because they bob up and down while they pray? Because every Friday they air their bedding out? Pfaugh.",
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