brass razoo
Australian slang for an imaginary coin of absolutely no value — used to emphasise total broke-ness or worthlessness.
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Australian slang for an imaginary coin of absolutely no value — used to emphasise total broke-ness or worthlessness. If you haven't got a brass razoo, you are completely skint: not a dollar, not a cent, not even this fictional coin that doesn't exist. The phrase is used in expressions like 'not worth a brass razoo' or 'I don't have a brass razoo.' It's classic Australian deadpan humour — inventing a currency specifically to describe having none of it.
He came back from the casino without a brass razoo to his name and had to borrow bus fare from his mate.
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(AU, slang) A fictitious coin of very low value.
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