| 单词 | not to care a dump |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to care a dump b. A name of certain small coins; esp. a coin worth 1s. 3d. formerly current in Australia, made by punching a disk out of the middle of a Spanish dollar and milling the edge. Hence (slang or colloquial) used allusively for a small coin or amount; and in plural for money in general. Colloquial phrase not to care a dump: not to care at all; to regard as unimportant. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [verb (intransitive)] to put in no chaloir1477 not to care1490 to let the world wag (as it will)c1525 not to care a chip1556 to hang loose (to)1591 (to bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for1632 not to careor matter a farthing1647 not to care a doit1660 (not) to care twopencea1744 not to give a curse (also damn)1763 not to care a dump1821 not to care beans1833 not to care a darn1840 not to give a darn1840 not to care a straw (two, three straws)1861 not to care (also give) a whoop1867 (to care) not a fouter1871 not to care (or give) a toss1876 not to give (also care) a fuck1879 je m'en fiche1889 not to care a dit(e)1907 je m'en fous1918 not to give a shit1918 to pay no nevermind1946 not to give a sod1949 not to give (also care) a monkey's (fuck)1960 not to give a stuff1974 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > small coins collectively > a small coin orkyn1542 liarda1549 solda1549 scute1594 orkey1648 sock1688 styca1705 dump1821 scuddick1823 bit1829 posh1830 rag1866 tosser1935 1821 Bank of New S. Wales Notice 5 May in Hyman Coins Austral. (1893) iii. 59 The following Description of illegal Coin is much in Circulation:—Dollars and Dumps that are not Silver. 1842 R. H. Barham Sir Rupert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 35 When a gentleman jumps In the river at midnight for want of ‘the dumps’. 1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 4 315 Mrs. Dodger didn't care a ‘dump’ if she didn't. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows II. xxxv. 301 It's all gone, every dump. 1852 J. West Hist. Tasmania II. 141 Dumps struck out from dollars. 1870 H. W. Henfrey Guide Eng. Coins (1891) 293 The pieces (halfpence and farthings) of 1717 and 1718 are much thicker and smaller than those of the following dates, and generally go by the name of dumps. 1892 A. Birrell Res Judicatæ iv. 116 One of those questions..that..does not matter a dump. 1908 G. K. Chesterton All Things Considered 70 I do not care a dump whether they know the alphabet. < as lemmas |
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