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单词 tinker's damn
释义

tinker's damn

or tinker's dam

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noun

the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.

Idioms for tinker's damn

    care / give a tinker's damn, to have or feel little or no concern; be unaffected or unmoved: I don't care a tinker's damn for their opinions.

Origin of tinker's damn

First recorded in 1830–40; from tinkers' alleged habit of cursing frequently (hence weakening the force of a curse)

Words nearby tinker's damn

Tinian, tinker, tinkerman, tinker's cuss, tinker's dam, tinker's damn, Tinkertoy, tinker with, tinkle, tinkly, Tinley Park
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British Dictionary definitions for tinker's damn

tinker's damn

tinker's cuss


noun

slang the slightest heed (esp in the phrase not give a tinker's damn or cuss)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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