bugger all

bugger all
noun
little or nothing at all
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I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all

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I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery

Usage Domain: ↑obscenity, ↑smut, ↑vulgarism, ↑filth, ↑dirty word
Hypernyms:
nothing, ↑nil, ↑nix, ↑nada, ↑null, ↑aught, ↑cipher, ↑cypher, ↑goose egg, ↑naught, ↑zero, ↑zilch, ↑zip, ↑zippo

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noun [noncount]
Brit informal + impolite : nothing at all

They were wearing bugger all!

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ˌbugger ˈall [bugger all] noun uncountable (BrE, taboo, slang)
nothing at all; none at all

There's bugger all on TV tonight.

Well, she was bugger all help

(= no help at all)

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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