ZILCH


Meaning of ZILCH in English

/ zɪltʃ; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( informal ) nothing :

I arrived in this country with zilch.

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WORD ORIGIN

1960s: origin uncertain; perhaps from a Mr Zilch , a character in the 1930s US humorous magazine Ballyhoo .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.