Definition of posh
1 : elegant, fashionable a posh restaurant
2 British : typical of or intended for the upper classes : highfalutin posh accents
poshly
adverbposhness
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Examples of posh in a Sentence
They live in a posh neighborhood.
The family is very posh.
Recent Examples of posh from the Web
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Much of Saturday's carnage played out in Borough Market, a trendy area of warren-like railway arches that's home to posh food stalls in the daytime and stylish bars and restaurants at night.
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The vibe in this town of 32,000 isn’t as upscale as California’s Napa Valley, but it’s still pretty posh by eastern Washington standards.
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Such fantasies rarely involve being, say, a burakumin, but Igort’s drawings of that posh, tidy vision are beautiful enough to get away with it.
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Post Ranch Inn, the posh resort at 47900 Highway 1, is bringing guests in by helicopter because of the road closures.
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In that meeting a group of 35 women admitted to having sold their kidneys to brokers and that they were put up in posh hospitals in nearby Chennai for a few days before being cast out on the street without after care.
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Origin and Etymology of posh
origin unknown
First Known Use: 1914
POSH Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of posh for English Language Learners
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: very attractive, expensive, and popular
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: typical of people who have high social status
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