not a brass farthing

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• not worth a brass farthing — adjective Worth nothing or next to nothing. Ones own private knowledge of a mans character is not worth a brass farthing as legal evidence. Syn: good for nothing, not worth a plug nickel, rubbish, worthless See Also: brass fa …   Wiktionary

• brass farthing — noun Something worthless or of small value. The man, as a matter of fact, under no circumstances, ever cared a brass farthing for what I or anybody else in his ship thought. Syn: plug nickel, plugged nickel See Also: not worth a brass farthing …   Wiktionary

• brass farthing —  1. Coin of smallest value.  2. not care or give a brass farthing Not care in the slightest …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• care a brass farthing — • give a hang • care a brass farthing • care a button • care a damn • care a farthing • care a fig • care a hang • care a hoot • care a pin • care a rap • care a straw • care a whistle • care two pins about (from Idioms in Speech) in negative: to …   Idioms and examples

• Farthing (British coin) — A farthing (meaning fourth part ) was a British coin worth one quarter of a penny and 1/960 of a pound sterling, slightly over a mill division in other currencies. Such coins were first minted in England in the 13th century, and continued to be… …   Wikipedia

• brass — n. & adj. n. 1 a yellow alloy of copper and zinc. 2 a an ornament or other decorated piece of brass. b brass objects collectively. 3 Mus. brass wind instruments (including trumpet, horn, trombone) forming a band or a section of an orchestra. 4… …   Useful english dictionary

• care a brass farthing, a damn, a fig, a monkey's toss*, a rap, a tinker's cuss, not to —  Not to care in the slightest …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• not to care a ... — • give a hang • care a brass farthing • care a button • care a damn • care a farthing • care a fig • care a hang • care a hoot • care a pin • care a rap • care a straw • care a whistle • care two pins about (from Idioms in Speech) in negative: to …   Idioms and examples

• not to give a ... — • give a hang • care a brass farthing • care a button • care a damn • care a farthing • care a fig • care a hang • care a hoot • care a pin • care a rap • care a straw • care a whistle • care two pins about (from Idioms in Speech) in negative: to …   Idioms and examples

• not worth a plug nickel — adjective Having no or almost no value; worthless. In the screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and David Rayfiel, Turner very early on stumbles upon the existence of a kind of super C.I.A. within the C.I.A., after which his life is not worth a plug… …   Wiktionary

• care a farthing — • give a hang • care a brass farthing • care a button • care a damn • care a farthing • care a fig • care a hang • care a hoot • care a pin • care a rap • care a straw • care a whistle • care two pins about (from Idioms in Speech) in negative: to …   Idioms and examples