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not worth a Continental en · ADJ

Etymology

From the rapid depreciation of Continental currency, an early American money that became worthless towards the end of the American Revolutionary War.

Meanings

  1. (US, idiomatic, not-comparable) worthless, lacking in value, especially due to economic inflation.

Synonyms

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