| 单词 | not to care a button top |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to care a button top button top n. the top part of a button, as distinguished from the shank or back; frequently (and in earliest use) as the type of something of little or no value or importance, chiefly in negative constructions, as not to care a button top, not to be worth a button top, etc.; cf. sense 1b. ΚΠ 1771 A. Skinn Old Maid II. xliv. 128 I doant cair a button-top far that. 1787 Gen. Mag. Nov. 292 He was..whipped for swallowing a button-top. 1856 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 8 Nov. Suppl. 9/6 Instead of contributing money.., they would give button tops, bad coins, pieces of round tin, &c. 1886 Real Cause of Depression in Cotton Trade 32 Men..whose guarantee is not worth ‘a button top’. 1926 Clearfield (Iowa) Enterprise 30 Sept. They..pine after a fool who doesn't care a button top for 'em. 2009 J. Myers-Cho Strands ii. 70/2 Place a button back over the fabric and button top. < as lemmas |
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