toshy

English

Etymology

tosh +‎ -y

Adjective

toshy (comparative toshier, superlative toshiest)

  1. (Britain, slang) rubbishy, trashy; worthless
    1902, H. Belloc, Path to Rome, 163
    The poor public […] is driven back to toshy novels about problems, written by cooks.
  2. (Scotland) Alternative form of tosh, clean, neat
    • 1856, J. Ballantine, Poems, 47
      And see how it's keepit sae toshy and clean.
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