"damn all" meaning in All languages combined

See damn all on Wiktionary

Pronoun [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} damn all
  1. (informal, vulgar) Nothing (not any thing: no thing). Tags: informal, vulgar
    Sense id: en-damn_all-en-pron-TXJ17fFd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "\"The rice ration's down to nearly damn-all in the kampongs, but we keep finding dumps of grub in the forest.\"",
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          "ref": "1976, L. P. Davies, Possession, The Crime Club, →ISBN, page 112:",
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          "ref": "1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Official Visit”, in Yes, Minister, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Humphrey Appleby and Frederick Stewart (Nigel Hawthorne and John Savident):",
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