In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
POOH
Etymology
Proper noun
Pooh
Short for Winnie the Pooh.
Anagrams
• Hoop, hoop, ooph, phoo
Etymology
Interjection
pooh
Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell.
(euphemistic) Alternative form of poo: a minced oath for 'shit'.
Synonyms
• (expressing contempt): pht, feh, meh, pshaw, pish, bah, poh; see also bah
• (expressing disgust at a smell): bleah, eww, ick, uck; see also yuck
Noun
pooh (countable and uncountable, plural poohs)
(countable) An instance of saying "pooh".
(uncountable, childish) Alternative form of poo: feces.
(countable, chiefly UK, childish) Alternative form of poo: A piece of feces; an act of defecation.
Verb
pooh (third-person singular simple present poohs, present participle poohing, simple past and past participle poohed)
(intransitive) To say "pooh".
(transitive) To say "pooh" to.
(intransitive, childish) Alternative form of poo: To defecate or dirty something with feces.
Synonyms
• (all): pooh-pooh
Anagrams
• Hoop, hoop, ooph, phoo
Source: Wiktionary
Pooh, interj. Etym: [Of. imitative origin; cf. Icel. pu.]
Definition: Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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