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Although tinker's curse is attested in 1824, which was thought to be earlier than tinker's dam, [5] "tinkers damn" is attested in 1823. [7] An alternative derivation is that a tinker's curse or cuss was considered of little significance, possibly because tinkers (who worked with their hands near hot metal) were reputed to swear (curse ...
A "dam" was a fourtieth part of a rupee, currency of India, in medieval times. Thus, the phrase actually makes grammatical sense, while as before it did not; how can one "give a damn"? One can damn or be damned but one cannot "give a damn". The phrase simply means that Rhett does not care (one iota), nor does he "give a dam".
"Once in a blue moon" refers to a rare event. [8]"Don't hold your breath" implies that if you hold your breath while waiting for a particular thing to happen, you will die first.
Smith did not yearn to fly like the rest of his colleagues. In fact, he once said, "I didn't give a tinker's damn if I ever left the ground." [1] His friend Cornelius Coffey founded the Coffey School of Aeronautics in Chicago, and Smith had to be talked into joining. At the time, military planes were assigned to White pilots.
little or nothing at all; "I asked for a pay rise and they gave me bugger all"; "I know bugger all about plants"; damn all. US: zip , jack or (offensive) jack shit . Usage is rare in the US.
Tinkers may refer to: An alternate (and often pejorative) name for the itinerant groups in Europe , including Irish Travellers , Scottish Travellers , and Romani people The plural of tinker , an archaic term for an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils
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"Baseball's Sad Lexicon," also known as "Tinker to Evers to Chance" after its refrain, is a 1910 baseball poem by Franklin Pierce Adams. The eight-line poem is presented as a single, rueful stanza from the point of view of a New York Giants fan watching the Chicago Cubs infield of shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance complete a double play.