It happened in the second act where Ko-Ko, Pooh Bah and Pitti Sing are prostrate on the floor in the presence of the Emperor.
Behind the scenes, unknown to me, Pooh Bah had fainted, and one of his entrances had to be made by Pish Tush.
Pooh man play de violin While de rich man swing; Pooh man squeeze de fiddle in When he wants toh sing!
Rich man foh de pooh man dance One night in de yeah; Pooh man foh de rich man prance All times, do yuh heah?
The whole line of testimony on this point is so strong that I am unable to pooh-pooh it away.
Forty years ago an animated controversy raged among the supporters of the theories which were named for short the bow-wow, the pooh-pooh and the ding-dong theories of the origin of language.
It is unnecessary here to enter into a prolonged discussion of the other views christened by Max Muller, not without energetic protest from their supporters, the bow-wow and pooh-pooh theories of language.
There are so many qualifications for the general-housework girl, who must be a sort of Pooh Bah in petticoats, that it is no wonder the supply is usually inadequate to the demand.
She knew that they had been brought up together from childhood and were more like brother and sister than lovers, and had such an idea been suggested to her by any of her friends, she would have pooh poohed it as mere moonshine.
Mr. Gladstone and his tribe may pooh-pooh this notion, but the feeling in Ulster is strong and immovable.
The English Home Rulers may pooh-pooh our fears, but they know nothing about it.
It is, therefore, useless to laugh at or pooh pooh the trouble, or suggest that the sufferer is only humbugging.
I suppose I cottoned to the pooh little things at first because I knew what it was to be alone amongst strangers, Mr. Lasham; I used to teach them at odd times, and look after them, and go with them to the train to look for you.
We were pooh as pohverty--paw and maw and we four girls--and no more idea of work than a baby.
Meaning your affairs and mine," said he, with only a pooh-pooh smile for the sub-colloquy.
We old stagers are too much inclined, perhaps, to pooh-pooh the enthusiasms of our juniors.
Inclined at first to pooh-pooh the whole business, he saw that the people were impressed by the medicine-man's harangue, and that the chief was troubled and perplexed.
Other countries have different copyright laws, and Winnie-the-Pooh was written in England, so a variation in the US laws cannot be said to have affects other copyrights.
Hemingway or Winnie-the-Pooh from becoming parts of the Public Domain going to improve the US literacy rate?
I sed, Pooh-pooh the Kaiser, and he sed, The Kaiser wont let me pooh-pooh him and you leave him alone!
I am told that there be folks who pooh-pooh college training and sneeze on mention of a University degree.
In mathematics he propounded problems that made the worthy captain pooh-pooh and change the subject.
He doesn't know it's only Pooh Bah speaking from different corners of the stage.
He finds that the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice and the Groom of the Bedchamber and the Attorney-General--the whole entire Cabinet, in short, are unanimously of the same opinion as Pooh Bah.
Pooh Bah may be a very able statesman, entitled to exert his legitimate influence.
If Paramount our King Presume to hesitate Put on the screw, And caution him That he will rue Disaster grim That must ensue To life and limb, Should he pooh-pooh This harmless whim.
Of course you will pooh-pooh whatever's fresh and new, and declare it's crude and mean, For Art stopped short in the cultivated court of the Empress Josephine.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pooh" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: bird; chaff; fleer; flout; gibe; hiss; jape; jeer; mock; rally; revile; scoff; scout; slam; sneer; swipe; taunt; twit
