bish
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of bish
C20: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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Words, he said in 1975, and again, in 1978, are esek bish, a mess—a cluttered affair that fogs up meaning even as it tries to get it across.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2019
“That’s the philosophy of MIA – cut and paste and bish and bosh.”
From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2018
It is a show he could get into quite quickly, he says, and was a refreshing change from the fast pace and "bish, bash, bosh" of the UK's current crop of soaps.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2013
When the bish op's reply was discovered by one of the Slaves, Colopy was condemned before the community, stripped of the black-cassock worn by male Slaves, and locked in one of the farmhouse's rooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
The king giuing eare to their complaint, was so displeased in his mind against archbishop Thomas, that in open audience of his lords, knights, The occasion of the kings words that cost bish.
From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second by Holinshed, Raphael
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