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zilch

[ zilch ]

noun

Slang.
  1. zero; nothing:

    The search came up with zilch.



zilch

/ ³úɪ±ô³Ùʃ /

noun

  1. nothing
  2. sport nil
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of zilch1

1965–70, Americanism; perhaps continuous with earlier zilch snafu, Mr. Zilch a character in Ballyhoo, a humor magazine first published in 1931; for sense zip 3
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of zilch1

C20: of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

“Z†the zebra is still zooming through the wild, and a zillion zealous searches have returned zilch.

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But mainly, the proposal did worse than expected because it was placed on the wrong ballot — despite Newsom raising more than $20 million for the campaign and opponents spending virtually zilch..

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As for how much of the white and fluffy stuff accumulated in the Emerald City … zero, zip, zilch, nada.

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In fact, for the first two years of Trump's presidency, he even had total control over the government and should have been able to pass the kind of legislation they demanded and they did zilch.

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That was all he desired, because any actual investigation would have come up with zilch.

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