A tinker's bann

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  • Not worth a tinkers damn: tinkers were known for swearing, so their "damsn" would be particularly worthless.
  • Bann: a river in Ireland
  • ban: prohibition; tinkers, traditionally gypsies, are and were often banned form towns
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