tinker's damn

or tinker's dam


noun

the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.

Idioms for tinker's damn

    care/give a tinker's damn, to have or feel little or no concern; be unaffected or unmoved: I don't care a tinker's damn for their opinions.

Origin of tinker's damn

First recorded in 1830–40; from tinkers' alleged habit of cursing frequently (hence weakening the force of a curse)

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British Dictionary definitions for tinker's damn

tinker's damn

tinker's cuss


noun

slang the slightest heed (esp in the phrase not give a tinker's damn or cuss)