care a jackstraw | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,dated,usually in a negative use)Tocare(at all).Synonyms:seeThesaurus:care1863,J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In Which One of Little Bopeep’s Sheep Comes Home Again, and Various Theories Are Entertained Respecting Charles Nutter and Lieutenant Puddock”, inThe House by the Church-yard.[…], volume II, London:Tinsley, Brothers,[…],→OCLC,page191:[…]Dangerfield was content to leave the question in abeyance, and did not seem tocare a jackstrawwhat the townspeople said or thought—[…]1865, Anne I. Robertson, chapter 10, inYaxley and its Neighbourhood‎[1], volume 1, London: T. Cautley Newby, page122:“[…]who’d care for the reputation of a schoolmaster? Do you think I’dcare a jackstrawabout Benson’s character if he was to die to-morrow?”

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