pshaw

[ shaw ]

/ ʃɔ /

(used to express impatience, contempt, disbelief, etc.)

an exclamation of “pshaw!”

to say “pshaw.”

to say “pshaw” at or to.

Origin of pshaw

First recorded in 1665–75

"Pshaw, you cannot refuse the last request of a lady;" and Samson yielded.

Women of History |Anonymous
Mrs. Peck stared at me a moment, moving some valued morsel in her mouth; then she exclaimed, familiarly, 'Pshaw!'

A London Life; The Patagonia; The Liar; Mrs. Temperly |Henry James
As he spoke he looked more wistfully than ever towards his leader, who said "Pshaw!"

The Perpetual Curate |Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
He had heard very little of that mother's history; perhaps she——Pshaw!

Aurora Floyd, Vol. II (of 3) |M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Pshaw, I only meant, it wasnt fordable to the enemy: no, poor devils!

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor |Stephen Cullen Carpenter

pshaw

/ (pʃɔː) /

rare an exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc