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zilch

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–noun Slang.
zero; nothing: The search came up with zilch.
Origin:
1965–70, Americanism; perh. continuous with earlier zilch snafu, Mr. Zilch a character in Ballyhoo, a humor magazine first published in 1931; for sense cf. zip 3
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zilch   (zĭlch)   
n.  

  1. Zero; nothing.

  2. A person regarded as being insignificant; a nonentity.

adj.  Amounting to nothing; nil: "Business was zilch" (New York).

[Perhaps from alteration of z(ero) + (n)il.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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zilch [zɪltʃ]

  1. n.
    nothing. : And what do I get? Zilch, that's what!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

zilch 
"nothing," 1966, from earlier sense of "meaningless speech" (1960), originally Mr. Zilch, (1931) comic character in the magazine "Ballyhoo." Perhaps from U.S. college slang (early 1900s) Joe Zilsch "an insignificant person." Probably a nonsense syllable, but Zilch is an actual Ger. surname of Slavic origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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