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red cent

n. Informal

Insignificant value: not worth a red cent.

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red cent

(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)

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red′ cent′

a cent as representative of triviality.

[1830–40, Amer.]

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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, shit

worthlessness, 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"

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