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zilch

  [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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