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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Not Worth a Straw (See Straw .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inutility | Worthless, valueless, priceless; unsalable; not worth a straw; (trifling) dear at any price. |
Unimportance | Poor, paltry, pitiful; contemptible; (contempt); sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel, weedy, scurvy, putid, beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery; one-horse. not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw; Noun: beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration; de lana caprina; vain; (useless). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "NOT WORTH A STRAW": it is not worth a straw. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "NOT WORTH A STRAW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | keinen Pfifferling wert (not worth a rush). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otnay orthway aay awstray.(various references) | |
Romanian | nu face nici o ceapã degeratã (it is not worth a straw). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-n-o-o-r-r-s-t-t-t-w-w" | |
-5 letters: hornworts. | |
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