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mare's fart

noun

Etymology

From mare + s + fart. A nickname stemming from the unpleasant smell of the plant's leaves. Primarily used by cattle farmers in North Shropshire and Cheshire.

Definitions

  1. A nickname for a type of flower.

    • [...] ragwort posed the principle weed problem, many fields being heavily infested. The still-used local [name] of mare’s fart in adjacent North Shropshire and Cheshire [...] suggest how loathed the malodorous foliage is by cattle farmers.

  2. Something of no value, importance, or consequence whatsoever

    Something of no value, importance, or consequence whatsoever; a thing utterly not cared about.

    • See also: give a damn, give a tinker's damn, give a rat's arse, give a fig
    • Your lamentation grieves me. See here, in the name of a mare’s fart! If my horse has fallen, why should I be blamed?
    • Andrew Lark deliberately avoided looking down at Nona, for that might suggest to her that he cared as much as a trotting mare’s fart what he thought of her fears.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of Mare's Fart.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA