toshy

Meanings

adjectivetoshy (comparative toshier, superlative toshiest)

comparative toshier · superlative toshiest

UKslangrubbishy, trashy; worthless
The poor public […] is driven back to toshy novels about problems, written by cooks.
1902, H. Belloc, Path to Rome, section 163
Synonyms: garbagey, junky, rubbishly, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, cocking
ScotlandalternativeAlternative form of tosh, clean, neat
And see how it's keepit sae toshy and clean.
1856, J. Ballantine, Poems, section 47

adjectiverubbishy, trashy; worthless

Also see

From tosh + -y.

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