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to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true
- They pooh-poohed my suggestion.
- He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted.
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“Pooh-pooh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pooh-pooh. Accessed 13 May. 2021.
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The first known use of pooh-pooh was in 1823
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