tinker's curse

noun

Synonym of tinker's damn.

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of tinker's damn.

    "If they get off their stunt I don't suppose they care a tinker's curse what is truth or what is not."

    1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

    Synonyms: tinker's damn

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of tinker's damn.

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