three skips of a louse
English
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editthree skips of a louse pl (plural only)
- (idiomatic, archaic) The worth of some trifling or insignificant matter; a whit or jot of value.
- 1719, Jonathan Swift, Mrs Frances Haris's Petition:
- ’Tis not that I value the money three skips of a louse:
But the thing I stand upon is the credit of the house.