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AHD4 says of pish that it is an interjection signifying dismissal and that tosh means rubbish, nonsense. Tosh is said to be possibly derived from a combination of trash and bosh. The OED claims pish is "[a] natural exclamation."
The lightbulb of inquiry does not shine upon the single entry pishtosh
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