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FANNY ADAMS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fanny Adams mean?
• FANNY ADAMS (noun)
The noun FANNY ADAMS has 2 senses:
2. nautical term for tinned meat
Familiarity information: FANNY ADAMS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Little or nothing at all
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
bugger all; Fanny Adams; fuck all; sweet Fanny Adams
Context example:
I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery
Hypernyms ("Fanny Adams" is a kind of...):
aught; cipher; cypher; goose egg; nada; naught; nil; nix; nothing; null; zero; zilch; zip; zippo (a quantity of no importance)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Domain usage:
dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Nautical term for tinned meat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Fanny Adams" is a kind of...):
canned meat; tinned meat (meat preserved in a can or tin)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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