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Meanings of care a fig in English

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Usage of care a fig in English
1
And he did not, in fact, care a fig about the balance.
The Price of Love
2
I do not care a fig for Round or his young men.
Orley Farm
3
You told him that you did not care a fig for him.
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
4
I do not care a fig for doctors, with their insipid reasonings.
Amphitryon
5
You didn't care a fig for the girl when she was alive.
Maurice Guest
6
I don't care a fig whether Archilochus likes the papers or no.
Roundabout Papers
7
So let him run if he likes, I don't care a fig.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of th...
8
Since when did you ever care a fig what society thought of you?
Tell me, pretty maiden
9
No one seemed to care a fig about proper deportment, either.
Frontier courtship
10
In his sane moments he did not care a fig for anybody's birthday.
Viviette
11
But I don't care a fig about the caffè going up.
Roast mortem
12
He didn't care a fig for me till just the last.
The Swindler and Other Stories
13
Between you and me I don't think they care a fig for it.
An Amiable Charlatan
14
Perseus is superb, commanding, distinguished, and one doesn't care a fig for it.
A Wanderer in Florence
15
They don't care a fig for your comfort nor interest-notthey!
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
16
In reality, Enrique didn't care a fig for the hotel and his father's glass.
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