"PHO, nonsense, man; but I see you're dreadfu' hungry;" and she commenced an active turn of the bannocks, to expedite the process of toasting.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
PHO, PHO, my kind hostess, and what is in that?
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
Another letter, which talks of the Pretender as "the Boy," and of King George "as the person most concerned," presents the Hanoverian Elector as making very little of the invasion, answering all the alarms of his ministers by "PHO, don't talk to me of that stuff."
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy