(also sweet ~ )
■ noun Brit. informal nothing at all.
Origin
C19: orig. a naut. term for tinned meat or stew (darkly humorous ref. to the name of a murder victim), now often understood as a euphemism for fuck all .
(also sweet ~ )
■ noun Brit. informal nothing at all.
Origin
C19: orig. a naut. term for tinned meat or stew (darkly humorous ref. to the name of a murder victim), now often understood as a euphemism for fuck all .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004