• Bahs

    Origin 1

    See bah

    Noun

    plural

    1. Plural of bah
      • 1949, Stanley Grauman Weinbaum, The Worlds of If Chapter , Bah! Many bahs! The future or the past—pfui!
      • 1892, Grace E. King, Balcony Stories Chapter , And the gentlemen,--her preux chevaliers,--they were burning with other passions than those which had driven them to her knees, encountering a little more serious response than "bahs" and shrugs.

    Origin 2

    Full definition of bahs

    Noun

    bahs

    (uncountable)
    1. Eye dialect of boss
      • 1922, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Chapter , Wen de hinges creak an' cry, An' de bahs go slantin' down, You kin reckon dat hit's time Fu' to cas' yo' eye erroun', 'Cause daih ain't no 'sputin' dis, Hit's de trues' sign to show Dat daih 's cou'tin' goin' on Wen de ol' front gate sags low.
      • 1990, May 25, John Powers, The Year of the Tourist, As you walk down Bangkok's notorious Patpong Road ("Pussy open bottle show, bahs?"), you eventually come across Blu Jeans Country Bar--"Hangovers Installed and Serviced."

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