tinker's damn
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noun \-ˈdam\Definition of TINKER'S DAMN
: a minimum amount or degree (as of care) <didn't give a tinker's damn about poetry — James Blish>
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tinker's damn also tinker's dam \-ˈdam\
Origin of TINKER'S DAMN
probably from the tinkers' reputation for blasphemy
First Known Use: 1839
Rhymes with TINKER'S DAMN
aerogram, Amsterdam, anagram, Birmingham, Boulder Dam, cablegram, centigram, Christogram, chronogram, cofferdam, cryptogram, decagram, deprogram, diagram, diaphragm, epigram, fluid dram, giant clam, hard-shell clam, hexagram, histogram, Hohokam, hologram, kilogram, logogram, mammogram, milligram, Minicam, monogram, nomogram, oriflamme, pentagram, phonogram, pictogram, reprogram, Rotterdam, scattergram, self-exam, skiagram, soft-shell clam, sonogram, subprogram, telegram, tetradrachm, thank-you-ma'am, Uncle Sam
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