give a shite

verb

To care; mind; consider important.

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Meanings

verbgive a shite (third-person singular simple present gives a shite, present participle giving a shite, simple past gave a shite, past participle given a shite)

present singular third person gives a shite · participle present giving a shite · past gave a shite · participle past given a shite

  1. IrelandUKslangvulgarvery uncommonTo care; mind; consider important.

    I'd carry a sandwichboard only the girl in the office told me they're full up for the next three weeks, man. God, you've to book ahead, man, you'd think it was for the Carl Rosa. I don't give a shite anyway so long as I get a job, even as a crossing sweeper.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 574
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