not worth a Continental

adjective

worthless, lacking in value, especially due to economic inflation.

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Meanings

adjectivenot worth a Continental (not comparable)
  1. USidiomaticnot comparableworthless, lacking in value, especially due to economic inflation.

    Synonyms: bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, cocking, crapalicious, cruddy, cullionly

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveworthless, lacking in value, especially due to economic inflation.

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Origin

From the rapid depreciation of Continental currency, an early American money that became worthless towards the end of the American Revolutionary War.

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APA

not worth a Continental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/not%20worth%20a%20Continental

MLA

“not worth a Continental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/not%20worth%20a%20Continental. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “not worth a Continental,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/not%20worth%20a%20Continental.

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