Definition
To care (at all).
In Context
- "[…] 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?”"
Also Said As
- give a jackstraw
- becare
- bother
- care
- concern oneself
- heed
- mind
- reck
- trouble oneself
- worry