adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   rubbishy, trashy; worthless British, slang

   "The poor public […] is driven back to toshy novels about problems, written by cooks."

2. 2
   Alternative form of tosh, clean, neat Scotland, alt-of, alternative

   "And see how it's keepit sae toshy and clean."

Example

More examples

"The poor public […] is driven back to toshy novels about problems, written by cooks."

Etymology

From tosh + -y.

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