/ 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 .
/ zɪltʃ; NAmE / noun
[ U ] ( informal ) nothing :
I arrived in this country with zilch.
••
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. 2005