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care/give tuppence
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not care/give tuppence (British & Australian, old-fashioned)
to not care about something or someone in any way. She doesn't give tuppence for her family. (often + for) You can do what you like. I don't care tuppence.
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And it was still the case in the 1960s, when in their comic "Song of the English" Michael Flanders and Donald Swan sought to remedy the lack of a suitable national song with a composition whose chorus line runs: "The English, the English, the English are best: I couldn't give tuppence for all of the rest" - a refrain that even the most enthusiastic anglophobe would admit to be self-mockery.
The rise of English nationalism and the Balkanization of Britain by Harris, Robin / The National Interest
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