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Sweet dick all

Posted by Bob July 17, 2006In reply to Sweet dick all posted by Jinny on July 17, 2006

In Canada...we use a phrase sometimes..."sweet dick all".
As in...Joe went to work today and did sweet dick all (meaning he did nothing).
Any idea where this came from. My American friends think this is hilarious

Well, I find it funny, too.
Never heard it in the US.
It sounds British in its construction, as in "bugger all" meaning none. I don't believe Americans have an "all" usage in that dismissive sense. That's shooting from the hip, of course, so someone can prove me wrong.

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