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pugh en · INTJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, archaic) Alternative form of pooh: an expression of contempt, disgust, etc.
    alt of pooh
    • Pugh! you? begone! 1882, Edward Doyle, act IV, in Cagliostro. A Dramatic Poem in Five Acts., New York, N.Y.: […] W. B. Smith & Co., →OCLC, page 94:
    • "Pugh!" says Sophia. "There! no, no: what should he do there? He is gone before this time, to be sure. Besides, why—what—why should you go to see? besides, I want you for something else. Go, fetch me my hat and gloves. I shall walk with my aunt in the grove before dinner." 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: