P.O.S.H. The origin of the expression 'posh' which indicates a high standard of comfort or enjoyment has a most (interesting root. In the early 'days of the East India Gompany'is trading operations, passengers who desired the best in sailing accommodation always insisted on having a cabin on the sheltered, or port side. The result was that in purchasing 'heir liciieis I 'ny paid a prefereue;* -nLfor a oabri, which in other words means 'Port-outward. Starboard-home. *
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 122, 12 February 1940, Page 3
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