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caring a jackstraw

caring a jackstraw is the present participle and gerund of care a jackstraw.

Meaning of care a jackstraw

Verb

care a jackstraw (third-person singular simple present cares a jackstraw, present participle caring a jackstraw, simple past and past participle cared a jackstraw)

  1. (dated, idiomatic, usually in a negative use) To care (at all).
    • […] Dangerfield was content to leave the question in abeyance, and did not seem to care a jackstraw what the townspeople said or thought—[…]1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In Which One of Little Bopeep’s Sheep Comes Home Again, and Various Theories Are Entertained Respecting Charles Nutter and Lieutenant Puddock”, in The House by the...
    Synonyms:
    give a jackstraw, becare, bother, care, concern oneself, heed, mind, reck, trouble oneself, worry

Questions about caring a jackstraw

What is caring a jackstraw the present participle and gerund of?
Caring a jackstraw is the present participle and gerund of care a jackstraw.

Words near caring a jackstraw in the dictionary

  1. carine
  2. carines
  3. caring
  4. caring a button
  5. caring a fig
  6. caring a jackstraw
  7. caring a monkey's
  8. caring a whit
  9. caring for
  10. caring profession
  11. caring professions

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