But fair!More likely from slang posh 'a dandy' (1890), from thieves' slang meaning 'money' (1830), originally 'coin of small value, halfpenny,' possibly from Romany posh 'half.'
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19th century thieves' slang has a lot to answer for, actually, they just made up a bunch of words from scratch to avoid being understood.
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19th century thieves' slang has a lot to answer for, actually, they just made up a bunch of words from scratch to avoid being understood.