Talk:not a zack

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[[not]] [[a]] [[zack]] ("an Australian coin, $A 0.05"). ~"not a dime", "not a farthing", "not a nickel". DCDuring TALK 03:07, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Delete, not idiomatic. Mglovesfun (talk) 08:55, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Zack in this sense (and another similar) is listed as rare and has another sense not so marked. The phrase not a zack is not so marked. Perhaps it's worth a keep then: someone looking up the constituents wouldn't know what it means. Not sure, though.​—msh210℠ 00:01, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Needs more input, please comment! Mglovesfun (talk) 06:31, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

There's one visible reference on Google Books to "not a zac" in this sense, from "The Chequered Lady: And Other Tales from Australian Courts". It's pretty rare. I don't think it's idiomatic; it means the same as "not a dime" or "not a farthing", so the zac part is replaceable, and the meaning is pretty clearly derived from the sense. Delete.--Prosfilaes 23:23, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Deleted, but only just. Mglovesfun (talk) 20:24, 3 March 2010 (UTC)