Damn fairy ann

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  • Ça ne fait rien: (French) that doesn't matter
  • Sam fairy Anne: (World War I Slang) British soldiers' anglicization of the French Ça ne fait rien
  • Publish, and be damned! → Wellington's alleged response to a former mistress Harriette Wilson when she (or, rather, her publisher Stockdale) tried to blackmail him → see Jinnies for a literary source