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Complete Definition of "Fanny Adams"

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Etymology
From w:Fanny Adams|Fanny Adams (1859-1867), a young girl brutally murdered and dismembered. Tins of mutton introduced in the British navy after her death were not liked by the sailors and were taken to be her butchered remains. Fanny Adams then came to mean any worthless thing, and thence nothing at all.

Noun
Fanny Adams

  1. context|mostly|UK|idiom Nothing (sanitized version of fuck all).

Synonyms
see WikiSaurus:nothing

Revision and Credits for"Fanny Adams"
  • 2007-11-22 21:28 - EncycloPetey - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/68.216.187.23|68.216.187.23]] ([[User_talk:68.216.187.23|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:WikiPedant|WikiPedant]]

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