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RED CENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red cent mean? 

RED CENT (noun)
  The noun RED CENT has 1 sense:

1. something of little valueplay

  Familiarity information: RED CENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED CENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Something of little value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

damn; darn; hoot; red cent; shit; shucks; tinker's dam; tinker's damn

Context example:

not worth shucks

Hypernyms ("red cent" is a kind of...):

ineptitude; worthlessness (having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful)


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