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zilch
[ zilch ]
/ zɪltʃ /
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noun Slang.
zero; nothing: The search came up with zilch.
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Origin of zilch
1965–70, Americanism; perhaps continuous with earlier zilch snafu, Mr. Zilch a character in Ballyhoo, a humor magazine first published in 1931; for sense cf. zip3
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British Dictionary definitions for zilch
zilch
/ (zɪltʃ) /
noun slang
nothing
US and Canadian sport nil
Word Origin for zilch
C20: of uncertain origin
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