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Tinker's dam   /tˈɪŋkərz dæm/   Listen
Tinker's dam

noun
1.
Something of little value.  Synonyms: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn.  "Not worth one red cent" , "Not worth shucks"






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"Tinker's dam" Quotes from Famous Books



... roar, 'Cause he'll take and he'll kick a bubble up and ride all safe to shore. Come, all, and riffle the ledges! Come, all, and bust the jam! And for all o' the bluff o' the Comas crowd we don't give one good— Hoot, toot, and a hoorah! We don't give a tinker's dam. ...
— Joan of Arc of the North Woods • Holman Day

... daylights out of a lot of men who probably don't know any more about this here shooting of our dams than a hog does about a ruffled shirt. Meanwhile your drive hangs. Well? Well? Do you suppose the men who were back of that shooting, do you suppose Morrison and Daly give a tinker's dam how many men of theirs you lick? What they want is to hang our drive. If they hang our drive, it's cheap at the price of ...
— The Blazed Trail • Stewart Edward White



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