† pin mattern.
Obsolete.
An insignificant matter (cf. pin n.1 Phrases 2a(a)). not a pin matter: of no importance or consequence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial
gnatc1000
ball play?c1225
smalla1250
triflec1290
fly1297
child's gamec1380
motec1390
mitec1400
child's playc1405
trufferyc1429
toyc1450
curiosity1474
fly-winga1500
neither mass nor matins1528
boys' play1538
nugament1543
knack?1544
fable1552
nincety-fincety1566
mouse1584
molehill1590
coot1594
scoff1594
nidgery1611
pin matter1611
triviality1611
minuity1612
feathera1616
fillip1621
rattle1622
fiddlesticka1625
apex1625
rush candle1628
punctilio1631
rushlight1635
notchet1637
peppercorn1638
petty John1640
emptiness1646
fool-fangle1647
nonny-no1652
crepundian1655
fly-biting1659
pushpin1660
whinny-whanny1673
whiffle1680
straw1692
two and a plack1692
fiddle1695
trivial1715
barley-strawa1721
nothingism1742
curse1763
nihility1765
minutia1782
bee's knee1797
minutiae1797
niff-naff1808
playwork1824
floccinaucity1829
trivialism1830
chicken feed1834
nonsensical1842
meemaw1862
infinitesimality1867
pinfall1868
fidfad1875
flummadiddle1882
quantité négligeable1885
quotidian1902
pipsqueak1905
hickey1909
piddle1910
cream puff1920
squat1934
administrivia1937
chickenshit1938
cream puff1938
diddly-squat1963
non-issue1965
Tinkertoy1972
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Passer Passe sans flux, not a pinne matter.
1679 Trails of White 36 Is it a pin matter whether there was such a Bill or no?
1692 A. Oldys Female Gallant 34 Let it be soft, Rosy, or Fair, I care not which, 'tis not a pin matter, but one of 'em it must be.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying It is not a pin matter how rude or false the lines or angles be.
1782 R. Bage Mt. Henneth (1788) I. 16 It is not a pin matter, whether thou hast it or no.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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