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tinker's damn

Or tinker's dam

noun

  1. the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all.

    It's not worth a tinker's damn.

tinker's damn

noun

  1. slangthe slightest heed (esp in the phrase not give a tinker's damn or cuss )

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tinker's damn1

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

Idioms

  1. 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.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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