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View synonyms for tinker's damn
tinker's damn
or tinker's dam
noun
- the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all:
It's not worth a tinker's damn.
tinker's damn
noun
- slang.the slightest heed (esp in the phrase not give a tinker's damn or cuss )
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Word 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
- 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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