variants
or doodly-squat
as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
tried to act intelligent but it was painfully obvious that he didn't know doodley-squat about cosmology
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Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025 -
At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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The whit and the whoo are from different owls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Georgetown's ghost tours are just one activity visitors can participate in as a part of the Kentucky After Dark passport program.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Oct. 2025
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Some locals believe founder Charles Pfister still roams the property, according to reports, and even celebrities like rapper Megan Thee Stallion have gone ghost hunting there.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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There are hoots and hollers from raucous tourists on Bourbon Street, for example.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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There are a few hoots and hollers as the others agree or protest.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
21 Oct. 2025
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Who knows — this one might, in tiny increments, one acoustic guitar lick or exhortation to live fully at a time.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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While Kendrick and Drake were putting their pens to their limits, Metro fired up some software and got his licks in.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Though cocoa futures plummeted 46% so far this year, customers are seeing the higher prices now because producers are making chocolate out of those pricey beans harvested in 2024, along with tariffs and inflation costs.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Asian nation last year purchased $13 billion of US beans — more than 20% of the entire crop — for animal feed and cooking oil, and the freeze has rocked rural farmers who represent a key political base for the president.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Doodley-squat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doodley-squat. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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