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单词 not to be worth a pease
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not to be worth a pease
b. As a type of something of very small value or importance. Frequently in not to be worth a pease and variants. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth
ivy-leafc1000
needle?c1225
sloec1250
peasea1275
strawc1290
bean1297
nutc1300
buttonc1330
leekc1330
trifle1375
cress1377
goose-wing1377
sop1377
niflec1395
vetcha1400
a pin's head (also point)c1450
trump1513
plack1530
toy1530
blue point1532
grey groat1546
cherry-stone1607
jiggalorum1613
candle-enda1625
peppercorn1638
sponge1671
sneeshing1686
snottera1689
catchpenny1705
potato1757
snuff1809
pinhead1828
traneen1837
a hill of beans1863
gubbins1918
a1275 Body & Soul (Trin. Cambr. B.14.39) l. 158 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 148 Al þis worldis prude nis nout wrid apese [read a pese; a1350 Harl. 2253 peose].
a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 130 (MED) Þanne lyd min hus vppe min nose, off al þis world ne gyffe ihic a pese.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 5847 (MED) By Mahoun, y nolde ȝyue a pyse for cryst ne al ys myȝte.
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 5949 (MED) A pese nys worþ þi riche sclaunder.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2370 (MED) Loke quare it profet þam a peese, all þaire proud strenth.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. vi. sig. G.ii All our penaunce wythout Christes Passion were not worth a pease.
1598 T. Bastard Chrestoleros iv. xxx. 96 He learned Logicke and Arithmetique. Yet neither brauls nor ciphers worth a peaze.
1622 J. Taylor Farewell to Tower-bottles sig. A8 In my hand it lyes..To spoyle it, and not make it worth a Pease.
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