thing of nothing

Noun

 * 1)  Something trivial, of no importance.
 * 2) * 1625 Beaumont & Fletcher The Humorous Lieutenant, IV, vi:
 * shall then that thing that honours thee―
 * how miserable a Thing soever, yet a Thing still ;
 * and though a Thing of nothing, thy Thing ever―
 * 1) * 1844 June, "Traditions and Tales of Upper Lusatia; I: The Fairies' Sabbath" Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, Vol.55, No.344, p.681 :
 * A good Christian has no business with such things of nothing, or worse.
 * 1) * 1953 June 11, Seán MacEoin, Dáil debates Vol.139 No.8 p.23 c.1237
 * Mind you, I was more prophetic than I thought when I asserted that these millions were nothing to a Government like Fianna Fáil, but the Taoiseach came out in Fermoy on the next Sunday and said that the £22,000,000 was only the remnants of Marshall Aid—the tailor's clippings, only a thing of nothing.
 * 1) * 2009 July 23, "Lynnie" "Sisley Instant Perfect: Meh. Whelming." beaut.ie
 * My foundation might have lasted fractionally longer than usual, but honestly it was a thing of nothing.
 * 1) * 2009 July 23, "Lynnie" "Sisley Instant Perfect: Meh. Whelming." beaut.ie
 * My foundation might have lasted fractionally longer than usual, but honestly it was a thing of nothing.

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