I care not a whit about what other people think.
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined above
See Words from the same yearbeans, continental, darn (also durn), fig, hoot, iota, jot, lick, modicum, rap, syllable, tittle, whoop;
ace, bit, crumb, dab, driblet, glimmer, hint, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, pin, ray, scrap, scruple, semblance, shade, shadow, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon), speck, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, touch, trace;
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