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zilch
noun- nothing US
- “What the chances for rescue?” “Zilch!” somebody muttered. — Popular Mechanics, p. 74, July 1956: We’ll Conquer Antarctica with Wings
- — Current Slang, p. 8, Winter 1966
- — John D. Bell et al., Loosely Speaking,, Addenda 1969
- I have absolutely zilch in the bank, and I’m already accepted. — Erich Segal, Love Story, p. 68, 1970
- His value as an undercover man would be zilch. — Leonard Shecter and William Phillips, On the Pad, p. 49, 1973
- No class. Everytin’ he ever did on the street, el zilch-o. — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 215, 1979
- After trashing the pad for info on the “video shoot” Vandy and Klein were on, and getting zilch, he knew it was either tend to business or go gonzo[.] — James Ellroy, Suicide Hill, p. 695, 1986
- A real heavy investigation. Zilch. — Basic Instinct, 1992
- “You must have some idea.” “Look, just fucking leave it. I’m saying zilch.” — Colin Butts, Is Harry on the Boat?, p. 127, 1997
- [B]ut zilch was taught us about them [Romanies] in our schoolbooks[.] — Jimmy Stockin, On The Cobbles, p. 14, 2000
- a socially inept outcast US
- — Time, p. 56, 1 January 1965: “Students: the slang bag”
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