Word: zilch
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...enjoyed a couple of games a year at Bright Center, and I even went to a pro game once in Pittsburgh (though we left early to watch the sixth game of the '86 World Series--and you know the rest of that story), but basically I know zilch when it comes to pro hockey...
...Zilch: That's about how much chance the other Eastern teams have if the Crimson plays as well as it has all year...
...Game means nothing. Nada. Zilch...
...believer in luck in sailing," he said. "The shifting winds favored the boat in front, but Dennis made the most of his opportunities to get there. We got to where we thought we wanted to be on the start; we thought wrong. What Dennis left us was pretty much zilch...
...stiff upper lip. But when the imperial sun finally did set after World War II, the American language followed American power into the vacuum. Key reason: the language has a rare forcefulness and flexibility. Even the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary last month incorporated such Americanisms as yuppie and zilch. Explained Editor Robert Burchfield: "Our language is changing slowly, and America is leading the way now, not Britain...