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diddly-squat
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did·dly–squat

noun \-ˌskwät\

Definition of DIDDLY-SQUAT

slang
: the least amount : anything at all <didn't know diddly–squat about sports — Samuel Toperoff>
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Origin of DIDDLY-SQUAT

probably alteration of doodly-squat
First Known Use: 1963

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Synonyms
beans, bubkes (also bupkes or bupkus), continental, damn, darn (also durn), diddly [slang], diddly-squat [slang], doodley-squat (or doodly-squat), fig, ghost, hoot, iota, lick, modicum, rap, squat [slang], syllable, tittle, whit, whoop

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