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FANNY ADAMS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nautical term for tinned meat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Fanny Adams" is a kind of...):

canned meat; tinned meat (meat preserved in a can or tin)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Little or nothing at all

Example:

I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery

Synonyms:

bugger all; Fanny Adams; fuck all; sweet Fanny Adams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("Fanny Adams" is a kind of...):

aught; cipher; cypher; goose egg; nada; naught; nil; nix; nothing; null; zero; zilch; zip; zippo (a quantity of no importance)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Domain usage:

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)

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