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zilch definition

☆ zilch (zilc̸h)

noun

Slang nothing or zero

Etymology: nonsense syllable, orig. used in the 1930s as the name of a character in the magazine Ballyhoo

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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