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English noun: Fanny Adams

1. Fanny Adams (quantity) little or nothing at all


SamplesI asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all.
I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery.


Synonymsbugger all, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams


Broader (hypernym)aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo


Domain regionBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


Domain usagedirty word, filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism

2. Fanny Adams (food) nautical term for tinned meat


Broader (hypernym)canned meat, tinned meat


Domain regionBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland









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