"toshy" meaning in English

See toshy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-toshy.ogg [Australia] Forms: toshier [comparative], toshiest [superlative]
Etymology: tosh + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tosh|y}} tosh + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} toshy (comparative toshier, superlative toshiest)
  1. (British, slang) rubbishy, trashy; worthless Tags: British, slang
    Sense id: en-toshy-en-adj-4~sWVEQ9 Categories (other): British English
  2. (Scotland) Alternative form of tosh, clean, neat Tags: Scotland, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tosh, clean, neat
    Sense id: en-toshy-en-adj-zTNGGRKX Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 29 71

Inflected forms

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