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zippo

(ˈzɪpəʊ)

slang nothing; zero

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zippo - a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, aught, cypher, cipher

relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose

nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet"

Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery"

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