Meaning of row of pins | Babel Free

Definitions

An insignificant thing, a whit.

dated, idiomatic

Examples

““[…] they wouldn’t let⟳ us have⟳ even a row of pins without the money for ’em—no, not if we was to drop down dead for want⟳ of bread in their shops.””

“He knew that big nations did not care a row of pins for small nations, but only used them as pawns, and he knew that the role of a pawn in a game is, too often, to be taken.”

“As far as the admissions tax is concerned, it doesn’t amount to a row of pins anyway.”

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