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Meaning of care a jackstraw | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To care (at all).

dated, idiomatic

Examples

“[…] Dangerfield was content to leave the question in abeyance, and did not seem to care a jackstraw what the townspeople said or thought—[…]”
““[…] who’d care for the reputation of a schoolmaster? Do you think I’d care a jackstraw about Benson’s character if he was to die to-morrow?””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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