Tinker’s damn


the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all:
It’s not worth a 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.
noun
(slang) the slightest heed (esp in the phrase not give a tinker’s damn or cuss)

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