Neither child appeared to care a curse for anybody. (T. T. T. 182. 11.)
A waiter.
I don’t care a curse = I don’t care in the slightest degree. (Ich frage keinen Pfifferling danach; Je m’en fiche comme d’une guigne.)
The equivalent I don’t care a hang is rather colloquial.
Some euphemisms for damn, damned
»Why, bless us, where’s your eyes.» (Three Men In A Boat 171. 13.)
A lockkeeper.
»What’s the difference blessed if I can see.» (Three Men In A Boat 201. 5.)
An old woman of the lower classes.