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Tossy vs Toshy - What's the difference?

tossy | toshy |

As adjectives the difference between tossy and toshy

is that tossy is tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud, contemptuous, affectedly indifferent while toshy is of, related to, or characterized by tosh, especially in its sense as rubbish, trash, nonsense.

tossy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud, contemptuous, affectedly indifferent.
    • (Webster 1913)

    toshy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (British, slang) Of, related to, or characterized by tosh, especially in its sense as rubbish, trash, nonsense.
  • :1902 , H. Belloc, Path to Rome , 163
  • ::The poor public... is driven back to toshy novels about problems, written by cooks.
  • (Scottish) , clean, neat
  • *1856 , J. Ballantine, Poems , 47
  • *:And see how it's keepit sae toshy and clean.