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Meanings of posh in anglès

Elegant and fashionable.

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        Examples for "swish"
        1
        A swish bathroom can be a strong selling point in a house.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Lyra thought she could even hear them: a vast distant whispering swish.
        The golden compass
        3
        Presently a lamp was lit; and Duane heard the swish of skirts.
        The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
        4
        Soon the swish of leaves and the crackling of rotten wood ceased.
        The Captain of the Kansas
        5
        A few yards away they heard the soft swish of the river.
        The Evil Shepherd
        1
        It needed to be a good question: something smart, perceptive, and classy.
        How to make love like a porn star
        2
        From 2015, we have this extremely classy summary of our country's problems.
        The South African
        3
        Mammadov was far too classy for Manfredonia, earning a unanimous points verdict.
        Reuters
        4
        It's very classy bistro food, but delivered with Aston Martin quality panache.
        The Guardian
        5
        That shouldn't be too difficult, since the set is a classy affair.
        Reuters
        Usage of posh in anglès
        1
        She says: When I first started uni, everyone thought I was posh.
        The Guardian
        2
        French, because posh hotels and their customers expect sommeliers to be French.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Or what used to pass for a posh hotel in west Dublin.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Anytime she wanted to drive the posh family car, she got it.
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        5
        Then there's the social Harry: pretty rich, very posh and immensely privileged.
        The Guardian
        6
        The castle was a castle indeed, and not merely a posh hotel.
        Ringworld
        7
        High in the posh seats Rory McIlroy sported a George Best T-shirt.
        The Guardian
        8
        It also owns a 9-storey office building in Tokyo's posh Aoyama district.
        Reuters
        9
        They were very different films but the melancholic, indulged posh-girl persona stuck.
        The Guardian
        10
        Gambo put on a posh accent and asked me for a light.
        Fresh
        11
        Even the name is reassuringly calm and posh and unshowy and English.
        The Guardian
        12
        Not the posh end, the other end where the normal stalls are.
        Whispers Under Ground
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        I thought I'd posh-ed up my accent when I went to Cambridge.
        The Guardian
        14
        Imagine how the posh lady dresses in Gogglebox and your halfway there.
        The Irish Times
        15
        She does manage to retain a regal bearing and a posh accent.
        Reuters
        16
        And UN Undersecretary Avasarala is hosting, so the accommodations are pretty posh.
        Caliban's War
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