WORTH A TINKER'S DAM

Meaning of WORTH A TINKER'S DAM in English

adj. phr. , informal Not worth anything; valueless. As a bricklayer he was not worth a tinker's damn. I am not familiar with the subject so my opinion would not be worth a tinker's dam.

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WORTH A TINKER'S DAM — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not worth anything; valueless. * /As a bricklayer he was not worth a tinker's damn./ * /I …
Slang English vocab
WORTH A TINKER'S DAM — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not worth anything; valueless. * /As a bricklayer he was not worth a tinker's damn./ * /I …
Словарь английских идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DAM — I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such uses as human consumption, irrigation, flood …
Английский словарь Британика
WORTH — I. ˈwərth, ˈwə̄th, ˈwəith intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English worthen, from Old English weorthan, wurthan; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TINKER — I. ˈtiŋkə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English tinkere, probably from tink tinkle (of imitative origin) + -ere -er …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DAM — I. ˈdam, ˈdaa(ə)m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, lady, dam, variant of dame — more at dame : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DAM — (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a …
Английский словарь Webster
TINKER — ( v. i. ) To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WORTH — worth 1 /werrth/ , prep. 1. good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TINKER — — tinkerer , n. /ting"keuhr/ , n. 1. a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant. 2. an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAM — dam 1 /dam/ , n. , v. , dammed, damming . n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WORTH — I. ˈwərth intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weorthan; akin to Old High German werdan to become, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TINKER — I. ˈtiŋ-kər noun Etymology: Middle English tinkere Date: 14th century 1. a. : a usually itinerant mender of household utensils …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DAM — I. ˈdam noun Etymology: Middle English dam, dame lady, dam — more at dame Date: 13th century : the female …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WORTH — adj valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while. 2. worth ·adj deserving of; in a good or bad sense, …
Webster English vocab
TINKER — noun the chub mackerel. 2. tinker ·noun the razor-billed auk. 3. tinker ·noun a skate. 4. tinker ·noun a small …
Webster English vocab
DAM — noun a kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts. 2. dam ·noun a firebrick wall, or a stone, …
Webster English vocab
WORTH — [worth] vi [ME, fr. OE weorthan; akin to OHG werdan to become, L vertere to turn, Lith versti to overturn, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TINKER — [tin.ker] n [ME tinkere] (14c) 1 a: a usu. itinerant mender of household utensils b: an unskillful mender: bungler 2. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DAM — barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to confine and check the flow of water for such uses as …
Britannica English vocabulary
TINKER — tinker, T~ BrE AmE ˈtɪŋk ə AmE - ə r ▷ tinker|ed d ▷ tinkering ˈtɪŋk ə r‿ɪŋ ▷ tinker|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WORTH — / wɜːθ; NAmE wɜːrθ/ adjective , noun ■ adjective [ not before noun ] (used like a preposition, followed by …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TINKER — / ˈtɪŋkə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun (in the past) a person who travelled from place to place, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAM — / dæm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a barrier that is built across a river in order …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORTH — I. worth 1 S1 W2 /wɜːθ $ wɜːrθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: weorth 'worthy, of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TINKER — I. tin ‧ ker 1 /ˈtɪŋkə $ -ər/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] to make small changes to something in order …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DAM — I. dam 1 /dæm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Dutch ] 1 . a special …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WORTH — adj. & n. --predic.adj. (governing a noun like a preposition) 1 of a value equivalent to (is worth ø50; is …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TINKER — n. & v. --n. 1 an itinerant mender of kettles and pans etc. 2 Sc. & Ir. a gypsy. 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WORTH — adj. & n. predic.adj. (governing a noun like a preposition) 1 of a value equivalent to (is worth $50; is …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TINKER — n. & v. n. 1 an itinerant mender of kettles and pans etc. 2 Sc. & Ir. a gypsy. 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WORTH — adj. & n. --predic.adj. (governing a noun like a preposition) 1. of a value equivalent to (is worth {pound}50; is …
Oxford English vocab
TINKER — n. & v. --n. 1. an itinerant mender of kettles and pans etc. 2 Sc. & Ir. a gypsy. 3 …
Oxford English vocab
WORTH — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something is worth a particular …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TINKER — ( tinkers, tinkering, tinkered) If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAM — ( dams, damming, dammed) 1. A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORTH — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something is ~ a particular …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WORTH — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be (well) worth the effort (= used to say that something is worth doing …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TINKER — I. verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ History is littered with examples of people tinkering, tampering and then tumbling. ▪ In …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE big ▪ A previous California resources secretary proposed building bigger dams on California's …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WORTH — [adjective] [after verb; not gradable]Worth means important or useful.Events like this will not be worth a mention (= are not …
Cambridge English vocab
TINKER — [noun] [U](UK) I'll just have a tinker with the television (= make some changes to it to try to repair …
Cambridge English vocab
DAM — [verb] [T] -mm-To dam a river is to build a dam across it in order to store the water.They're going …
Cambridge English vocab
DAM — n. Aswan High Dam Hoover Dam Boulder Dam Three Gorges Dam Project
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAM — n. Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such uses as human consumption, irrigation, flood …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TINKER — Synonyms and related words : cobble, cobbler, commission, condition, coquet, dabble, dally, darn, do up, doctor, doodle, fiddle, fiddle with, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DAM
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WORTH — See: BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, FOR ALL ONE IS WORTH, GAME IS NOT WORTH …
Slang English vocab
DAM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hydroelectric VERB + DAM ▪ build , construct ▪ breach ▪ The ~ has been breached …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WORTH — • ↑ be worth • ↑ be worth a fortune • ↑ be worth a lot • ↑ it's worth …
Longman Activator English vocab
DAM — A structure of earth, rock, or concrete designed to form a basin and hold water back to make a pond, …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
WORTH — See: BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, FOR ALL ONE IS WORTH, GAME IS NOT WORTH …
Словарь английских идиом
WORTH — I noun BAD : The ring has great sentimental worth. GOOD : The ring has great sentimental value. BAD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WORTH — I 1. сущ. 1) цена, стоимость, ценность intrinsic worth ≈ внутренняя ценность comparable worth net worth Syn : merit 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TINKER — 1. сущ. 1) лудильщик, медник, жестянщик Syn : tinman, tinsmith 2) плохой работник, 'сапожник' 3) попытка кое-как починить что-л. ∙ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DAM
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WORTH — worth.ogg _I 1. wɜ:θ n 1. ценность, значение; достоинство discoveries of great worth - открытия, имеющие важное значение poems of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TINKER — tinker.ogg 1. ʹtıŋkə n 1. медник, жестянщик; лудильщик; бродячий ремесленник to swear like a tinker - ругаться как ломовой извозчик …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DAM — dam.ogg _I 1. dæm n 1. дамба, плотина, запруда; перемычка, мол earth dam - земляная плотина 2. запруженная /запружённая/ вода, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WORTH — 1) ценность 2) цена, стоимость 3) реактивная способность • - control-rod worth - fuel worth - negative reactivity worth - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DAM
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WORTH — 1) ценность 2) цена, стоимость 3) реактивная способность • - control-rod worth - fuel worth - negative reactivity worth - poison worth - product worth - reactivity worth - sodium-void …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
DAM
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

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