Definitions

• v. To not give a hoot; to not care.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish
• English

Etymology

• partial English calque of Yiddish האָבן אין דער לינקער פּיאַטע hobn in der linker piate, lit. 'have in the left heel'
  

Who Uses This

• Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
• Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

Alternative Spellings

have in the linke pyate, have in the linke piate, have in the linker piate, have in the linker pyateh, have in the linke pyateh, have in the linke piateh, have in the linker piateh