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noun

Bosh n. Figure; outline; show. (Obs.)

Bosh n. Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. (Colloq.)

Bosh n. (pl. boshes)

One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace.

pl. The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.

In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bosh" Quotes from Famous Books

... all bosh. John knew that well, thanks to his present sophistication. But the lure of the present set him to thinking. Couldn't he—providing of course that maternal permission was given—go down town and do his shopping Saturday afternoon and wander around ...

— A Son of the City - A Story of Boy Life • Herman Gastrell Seely

... he make a jolly schoolmaster?' exclaimed Reginald. 'Boys would get on capitally with Jardine. They'd never try to bosh him.' ...

— The Golden Calf • M. E. Braddon

... half Spain. All those stories about me and Tonet are lies of people who don't know how else to make trouble in a good family.... Tonet went with me before Pascualo and I were married. Well, was it wrong to marry his brother? Bosh! Was I the first to do a thing like that? Well, why else should people talk? No ... all I want is to be let alone, and not be plagued all the time. Keep Tonet away, no. I won't be mean to him. However, if I have seemed to be too intimate, I'll be more careful ...

— Mayflower (Flor de mayo) • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... ever stops to think about it, but keeps right on filling the minds of their children with stuff that never benefits them a particle. How many boys of to-day want to read 'Mother's Brave Little Man,' or 'Jerry the Newsboy'? Bosh! Boys of to-day want 'True Tales of an Indian Trapper,' or 'Boy Scout Adventures,' or good clean stories—school life, or outdoor sports. It's LIFE ...

— The Blue Birds' Winter Nest • Lillian Elizabeth Roy

... spark of commonsense left, we are not really in love. That is so, I tell you; and no will, no amount of energy, can do any thing with it. There are people who tell you soberly that they have been in love without losing their senses, and reproach you for not keeping cool. Bosh! Those people remind me of still champagne blaming sparkling champagne for popping off the cork. And now, my dear fellow, have the kindness to accept this cigar, and let ...

— The Clique of Gold • Emile Gaboriau

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