单词 | pin's worth |
释义 | > as lemmaspin's worth pin's worth n. an extremely small amount. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount shredc1000 farthingsworthc1325 pennyworthc1330 incha1350 sliverc1374 chipa1393 gnastc1440 Jack1530 spoonful1531 crumba1535 spark1548 slight1549 pin's worth1562 scruple1574 thought1581 pinch1583 scrap1583 splinter1609 ticket1634 notchet1637 indivisible1644 tinyc1650 twopence1691 turn of the scale(s)1706 enough to swear by1756 touch1786 scrimptiona1825 infinitesimal1840 smidgen1841 snuff1842 fluxion1846 smitchel1856 eyelash1860 smidge1866 tenpenceworth1896 whisker1913 tidge1986 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. lxxv, in Bulwarke of Defence Did me neuer a pinsworthe of pleasure. 1674 J. T. tr. G. Harvey Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Fevors v. 91 Though the root hath been given in a double dose to those, that lay sick in fevors,..it scarce did a pins worth of good. 1750 Hist. Charlotte Summers I. i. x. 211 Touch a Pins worth more at your Peril. 1873 Catholic World June 424/2 I have not known an instance of their stealing a pins's worth, though they had ample opportunities to pilfer. 1928 Decatur (Illinois) Herald 24 July 8/2 You two boys know about as much as a pin's worth, compared to the least of the Yard's detective. 2000 R. Flowers tr. T. O'Crohan Islandman ix. 77 Yerra..there's not a pin's worth wrong with the leg. < as lemmas |
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