a-wasteadv.
/əˈweɪst/ Wasting, to waste.
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a-waste1850
1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 146 Thy body appears Hung awaste on the rocks.
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adv.1850- not to care twopence
- not to care which end goes forward
- not to care, give, be worth, , a tinker's
- not to care, give, be worth, , a tinker's curse, cuss, or damn
- not to care, give, be worth, etc, a tinker's
- not to care, give, be worth, etc, a tinker's curse, cuss, or damn
- not to careor matter a farthing
- not to choose
- not to count a thing at a cress
- not to count at a cress
- not to do something for the world
- not to etc a mite
- not to etc a rap
- not to etc a word of
- not to get a look-in
- not to get a lookin
- not to get a person anywhere
- not to get any change out of
- not to get any change out of a person
- not to get any change out of a situation
- not to get anywhere
- not to get much change out of
- not to get much change out of a person
- not to get much change out of a situation
- not to give a bugger