bupkes

bupkes
n
American
a.
an insignificant amount or trivial matter
b.
nothing or none
The words are a borrowing from Yiddish, which adopted them from the Russian for 'beans', a term widely used colloquially (in expressions such as 'not worth a hill/row of beans') to suggest items of little value.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • bupkes — or bupkus variant of bubkes …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bupkes — variant of bubkes herein …   Useful english dictionary

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  • bupkus — I. noun plural but singular in construction see bubkes II. see bupkes …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • List of English words of Yiddish origin — For Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews (that are not necessarily English), see Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews. This is a list of English words of Yiddish origin, many of which have entered the English language by way of… …   Wikipedia

  • bubkes — n American See bupkes …   Contemporary slang

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