See thing of nothing on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1625 Beaumont & Fletcher The Humorous Lieutenant, IV, vi",
"text": "shall then that thing that honours thee―\nhow miserable a Thing soever, yet a Thing still ;\nand though a Thing of nothing, thy Thing ever"
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"ref": "1652, Richard Brome, A Jovial Crew, Dedication:",
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"ref": "1844 June, \"Traditions and Tales of Upper Lusatia; I: The Fairies' Sabbath\" Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, Vol.55, No.344, p.681",
"text": "A good Christian has no business with such things of nothing, or worse."
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"ref": "1953 June 11, Seán MacEoin, Dáil debates Vol.139 No.8 p.23 c.1237",
"text": "Mind you, I was more prophetic than I thought when I asserted that these millions were nothing to a Government like Fianna Fáil, but the Taoiseach came out in Fermoy on the next Sunday and said that the £22,000,000 was only the remnants of Marshall Aid—the tailor's clippings, only a thing of nothing."
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"ref": "1999, Michael Peter Engelbrite, American King James Version, Amos 6, section 31:",
"text": "You which rejoice in a thing of nothing, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?",
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"text": "2009 July 23, \"Lynnie\" \"Sisley Instant Perfect: Meh. Whelming.\" beaut.ie\nMy foundation might have lasted fractionally longer than usual, but honestly it was a thing of nothing."
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"ref": "2015 September 19, Brendan Lawrence, “A Wicklow hurling dream come true”, in Irish Independent:",
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