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red cent
red centn. Informal Insignificant value: not worth a red cent.red cent n (used with a negative) informal chiefly US a cent considered as a trivial amount of money (esp in the phrases not have a red cent, not worth a red cent, etc) red′ cent′
n. a cent as representative of triviality. [1830–40, Amer.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | red cent - something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"damn, darn, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn, hoot, shitworthlessness, ineptitude - having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness" |
red cent
red centThe smallest possible amount of money. Primarily heard in US. I worked all of that overtime and never received a red cent for my efforts.See also: cent, redred centsee under not worth a dime. See also: cent, redred cent
Related to red cent: seeing redSynonyms for red centnoun something of little valueSynonyms- damn
- darn
- shucks
- tinker's dam
- tinker's damn
- hoot
- shit
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