Meaning of red cent | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A copper penny.
   US
2. A very small amount of money.
   US, colloquial

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Examples

“I wouldn't pay one red cent for a ticket.”

“Snorkey. But I ain't got two cents. What's a fellow to do if he hasn't got a red?”

“Day by day for two-and-a-half years, I've seen resources diminishing, disappearing. We're begging, damn near down on our knees, and not getting one red cent.”

“My dad said he wasn't going to pay the bastards ten red cents.”

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