Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

care a pin

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: care a pin
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To care for something, to have interest or concern for something or someone.

Dated; Informal

Example Sentences

"It's such a ridiculous position for a man to have to assume—all that sighing and love-song making about a woman you don't really care a pin for."
""Bother them all! I don't care a pin about them.""
"Management has been lazy, too—management has found it easier to hire an additional five hundred men than to so improve its methods that one hundred men of the old force could be released to other work. The public was paying, and business was booming, and management didn't care a pin."
"How did people manage in London? No one to ask, no signposts, no one who cared a pin whether you got to St Pancras or not."

Usage

Inflected Forms

cares a pin (present, singular) caring a pin (participle, present) cared a pin (participle, past) cared a pin (past)

Synonyms

becare bother care concern oneself heed mind reck trouble oneself worry

Questions

What does care a pin mean?: To care for something, to have interest or concern for something or someone.

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