Meaning & use
Bupkes
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Nothing at all; something worthless or of no value.
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After all that work, he got paid bupkes for the project.
The negotiations dragged on for months and ended in bupkes.
A note on using this word
"Bupkes" comes from Yiddish, where it originally meant "goat droppings," making it a vivid way of saying something amounts to nothing of value.
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