tosh

tosh
   Eric Partridge records many meanings of ‘tosh’ in A Dictionary of Historical Slang, but none explains the friendly use of this term between men as an equivalent of ‘mate’, ‘chum’, etc. It was heard reasonably frequently in Britain in the 1950s, but seems to have faded. A Kind of Loving, by Stan Barstow, which is set in Yorkshire, has two examples of its use. ‘Well, just as you like, tosh,’ says one young man to another, ‘I’ll be seein’ ye, then.’ ‘Ay, be seein’ ye, Willie,’ says the other. The same speaker uses the term again elsewhere. A correspondent reports on the use of ‘Tosh’ in the Bristol/Gloucester area of England.

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