care a pin

English

Verb

care a pin (third-person singular simple present cares a pin, present participle caring a pin, simple past and past participle cared a pin)

  1. (informal, dated, idiomatic, typically in negative connotation) To care for something, to have interest or concern for something or someone.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:care
    • 1892, Grant Allen, The Duchess of Powysland‎[1], Chatto & Windus, pages 139–140:
      It's such a ridiculous position for a man to have to assume—all that sighing and love-song making about a woman you don't really care a pin for.
    • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Chartwell Books, published 2024, →ISBN, page 102:
      "Bother them all! I don't care a pin about them."
    • 1953, Alison Lyle, Hazardous Fortune‎[2], Staples Press, page 129:
      How did people manage in London? No one to ask, no signposts, no one who cared a pin whether you got to St Pancras or not.
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