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tinker's dam

tinker's dam is the alternative spelling of tinker's damn.

Meaning of tinker's damn

Noun

tinker's damn

  1. An insignificant or worthless amount or thing.
    • […] is not worth (to use expression excited by honest indignation) a tinker's damn : and if Mrs. Chatterly has no other salvo for her precious reputation. […]1 May 1823, Mrs Chatterly, Anon in Ramblers Magazine, Vol 2 No 5, p. 216

Questions about tinker's dam

What is tinker's dam the alternative spelling of?
Tinker's dam is the alternative spelling of tinker's damn.

Words near tinker's dam in the dictionary

  1. Tinker to Evans to Chance
  2. Tinker to Evers to Chance
  3. tinker up
  4. tinker's curse
  5. tinker's cuss
  6. tinker's dam
  7. tinker's damn
  8. tinker's darn
  9. tinker's fart
  10. tinker's toot
  11. tinker, tailor

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