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Definition

Almost nothing; hardly anything.

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In Context

  • "Precious little thanks we got!"
  • "Sandbanks, marshes, forests, savages, - precious little to eat fit for a civilised man, nothing but Thames water to drink."
  • "Then I hit the real world and in the next decade encountered precious little in the way of Twainesque romance or riches."
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Also Said As

  • precious few
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Related Idioms

n

not much of anything

Very little; not a lot.

 c

cake crumbs

Hardly anything.

 k

know beans about

To know nothing, or almost nothing, about.

 h

hiding to nothing

A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a …
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