▪ I. tash
(tæʃ)
Also 'tache.
Colloq. abbrev. of moustache, mustache n. 1 a.
| 1893–4 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words II. 719 Tash, a moustache. ‘Him wi' the tash.’ 1943 Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 64 Tash, moustache. 1965 R. Simons Dead Reckoning iv. 56 'E 'ad a little tash, just under 'is nose. 1968 A. Diment Great Spy Race viii. 123 He was..spluttering through his straggly 'tache. 1973 A. MacVicar Painted Doll Affair vi. 70 A wee runt wi' a Mexican 'tache. 1980 Home & Country Nov. 602/1 (Advt.), 12{pp} male dolls..Painted hair and tash. |
▪ II. tash
dial., blemish: see tache n.1