sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious: a posh apartment.
Origin of posh
1
1915–20; of obscure origin; compareposha dandy (recorded as British slang in 1890); the popular notion that the word is an acronym from port out(ward), starboard home, said to be the preferred accommodation on ships traveling between England and India, is without foundation
Over the past few days, photos have trickled out showing the happy couple and their guests zipping around Venice on posh boats.
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Despite the profusion of products, the star—as the U.N. clearly knows—will always be Posh herself.
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Her father built a successful business and the family lives in an $800,000 sandstone house in a posh Glasgow suburb.
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Earlier this month a brand new art museum opened in the posh mountain resort town of Aspen, Colorado.
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Bogie and Bacall purchased a $160,000 mansion in Holmby Hills, a posh enclave in Los Angeles, and played house.
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On one occasion when he was walking with Posh on the pier some stranger hazarded a casual word or two p. 36to the fisherman.
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From the first there was a difficulty in persuading Posh to keep any accounts of either outgoings or incomings.
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We drew up at the door of a palatial establishment—the "posh" hotel of Los Angeles.
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Dr. Aldis Wright was under the impression that the portrait was never finished; but Posh is very certain about it.
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But Posh could never regard the “mild bare,” the “twopenny” of the district, as an enemy.
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British Dictionary definitions for posh
posh
/ (pɒʃ) informal, mainlyBritish /
adjective
smart, elegant, or fashionable; exclusiveposh clothes
upper-class or genteel
adverb
in a manner associated with the upper classto talk posh
Derived forms of posh
poshness, noun
Word Origin for posh
C19: often said to be an acronym of the phrase port out, starboard home, the most desirable location for a cabin in British ships sailing to and from the East, being the north-facing or shaded side; but more likely to be a development of obsolete slang posh a dandy
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