| 单词 | not worth a picayune |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot worth a picayune b. colloquial. A very small or the least amount of money, wealth, etc. Chiefly in negative contexts, as not worth a picayune, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum parcelc1400 plack1530 dodkinc1555 triflec1595 denier1597 driblet1659 song1698 Flanders-fortune1699 pin money1702 doit1728 drab1828 picayune1838 sprat1883 shoestring1904 peanut1910 1838 Lady's Bk. (Electronic text) Feb. I have nothing, not one sous—not a picayune to give her! 1840 W. G. Simms Border Beagles I. ii. 42 He got possession of these Shakspeare books, and he's never been worth a picayune since that day. 1890 Overland Monthly May 510/2 I don't care a picayune for the others now. 1900 Overland Monthly Feb. 117/2 I will get everya picayune that isa coming to me. 1948 Reader's Digest Dec. 148/1 Don't care a picayune how you waste that boy's time, do you? 1979 M. G. Eberhart Bayou Road xxi. 288 His life wouldn't be worth a picayune. 1997 J. B. Sanford Intruders in Paradise i. 21 No government was worth a picayune, said Jemmy, unless it protected the permanent interest against innovation. < as lemmas |
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