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Definition of Faugh
1. interj. An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.
Definition of Faugh
1. Interjection. (dated) An exclamation of disgust, especially for a smell, or contempt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faugh
1. used to express disgust [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faugh
Literary usage of Faugh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fighting the Flames! Or, Twenty-seven Years in the Montreal Fire Brigade: A by William Orme McRobie (1881)
""faugh-A-BALLAUGH" AS A YARN SPINNER— BULLY WEBSTER'S LAST WORDS—" TELL MY ...
Well "faugh," as he was called, was a true specimen of the old volunteer ..."
2. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1870)
"Mrs. Greville felt sick at heart ; she left London the next day, and that was
the last meeting between Renée and the woman twice her "faugh! ..."
3. Diary Illustrative of the Times of George the Fourth: Interspersed with by Charlotte (Campbell) Bury (1838)
"Make of it what they will, the plain endeavour to paint black with soot, was in
the case of this officer's perturbation too visible. " faugh! ..."
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