"Fanny Adams" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-Fanny Adams.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Fanny Adams (1859–1867), a young girl brutally murdered and dismembered. Tins of mutton introduced in the British navy after her death were not liked by the sailors and were humorously said to be her butchered remains. Fanny Adams then came to mean any worthless thing, and thence nothing at all. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Fanny Adams (uncountable)
  1. (UK, naval slang, obsolete, derogatory) Tinned meat. Tags: UK, derogatory, obsolete, slang, uncountable Synonyms: Harriet Lane
    Sense id: en-Fanny_Adams-en-noun-Lp-tWc28 Categories (other): British English Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war

Pronoun [English]

Audio: en-au-Fanny Adams.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Fanny Adams (1859–1867), a young girl brutally murdered and dismembered. Tins of mutton introduced in the British navy after her death were not liked by the sailors and were humorously said to be her butchered remains. Fanny Adams then came to mean any worthless thing, and thence nothing at all. Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} Fanny Adams, {{en-pronoun}} Fanny Adams
  1. (chiefly British) Nothing (sanitized version of fuck all). Tags: British Synonyms: nothing, sweet Fanny Adams, SFA
    Sense id: en-Fanny_Adams-en-pron-zBgQTGns Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English pronouns, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 80

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