fanny adams

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noun British slang

(usually preceded by sweet) absolutely nothing at allOften shortened to: f.a., FA, SFA

mainly nautical (formerly) tinned meat, esp mutton

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Word Origin for fanny adams

C19: for sense 1: a euphemism for fuck all for sense 2: from the name of a young murder victim whose body was cut up into small pieces.

Words nearby fanny adams

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How to use fanny adams in a sentence

The attendees, who included John Adams and George Washington, set about forming a plan of governance for the new nation.
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John Luther Adams lives up to the title of his composition, capturing an oceanic torrent of sound in an awe-inspiring performance.
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“The Thai military is making the Chinese communist party look liberal right now,” Adams told The Daily Beast.
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A representative assembly, John Adams wrote in 1776, “should be in miniature an exact portrait of the people at large.”
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Alf Adams did not want to talk rats but he did want to show me his bottle collection preserved in a dusty shed.
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Mr. John Adams, a young lawyer of Braintree and Boston, was greatly interested in the question of the courts of justice.
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It was commonly thought in America that Mr. Adams, although not a judge, had a singular gift for constitutional interpretation.
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James Otis recovered from a temporary fit of insanity only to grow strangely suspicious of Samuel Adams.
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With Samuel Adams it was a point of principle to avoid discreet conduct as much as possible.
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But Samuel Adams, who thought "nothing should be despaired of," took upon himself the performance of this arduous task.
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