LekhoriLekhoriShort for Winnie the Pooh.
Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
I am carelesse what the fustie World speakes of me, puh.
Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell.
Pooh!... How you smell of tobacco.
An instance of saying "pooh".
She […] hath ſtiled him with an immortall penne, the bawewawe of ſchollars, the tutt of gentlemen, the tee-heegh of gentlewomen, the phy of citizens, the blurt of Courtiers, the poogh of good letters, the faph of good manners, and the whoop-hooe of good boyes in London ſtreetes.
Alternative form of poo: feces.
‘You're rather in the pooh with the Adelaide police.’ ‘How much do I stink with them?’
Originally onomatopoeic ("perhaps ancient" according to Online Etymology Dictionary) for a puff of air, after earlier poh and similar to later pew, phew, pho, phoo, poof. Later influenced by poop, ono...
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Alternative form of poo: a minced oath for 'shit'.
Mom offers everybody fudge and says ‘Oh, pooh!’ when she gets upset.
Alternative form of poo: A piece of feces; an act of defecation.
‘Pooh! pooh!’ re-echoed his mother, ‘don't pooh me, John.’
Alternative form of poo: To defecate or dirty something with feces.
My cat poohed in here.