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poshy

adj

Etymology

From posh + -y.

  1. derived from posh — “half”
  2. suffixed as poshy — “posh + y”

Definitions

  1. Of land

    Of land: sticky, clayey, binding.

    • Plant shrubs and trees, deciduous or evergreen; but avoid a poshy state of the land, if it be binding or clayey.
    • I prefer a deep, rich loam, neither clay nor sand, but what the plough boys call "poshy land," sticks to the plough […]

  2. Posh.

    • North Ryde was open, real poshy people used to be there.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA