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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1862

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TSHAVAH, int. An exclamation of incredulity or contemptuous disbelief, pooh!Abd. 1862 G. MacDonald D. Elginbrod iv.:
'Tshavah!' equivalent to pshaw — 'it's a' lees.'

[Poss. a slurring or corruption of g(ae)awa, see Gae, v., III. 4. (3).]

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