Definition of Red cent

1. Noun. Something of little value. "Not worth shucks"

Exact synonyms: Damn, Darn, Hoot, Shit, Shucks, Tinker's Dam, Tinker's Damn
Generic synonyms: Ineptitude, Worthlessness
Derivative terms: Shitty

Definition of Red cent

1. Noun. (American English) A copper penny. ¹

2. Noun. (US colloquial) A very small amount of money. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Cent

red buckeye
red cabbage
red cabbages
red campion
red cap
red car
red card
red cards
red carpet
red carpet(a)
red cedar
red cell
red cell adherence phenomenon
red cell adherence test
red cell cast
red cent
red cents
red chip
red circle rate
red clay
red clover
red coat
red cole
red coral
red corpuscle
red corpuscles
red cross
red currant

Literary usage of Red cent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1848 A hull day lost, smack ; and not a red cent made yet. ... 1852 It was a great catch for Miss L., without a red cent of her own. ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"1H-3 in. long; petioles about Hin. with small stipules: infl. 2-4 in. across: stamens longer than corolla: fr. red. Cent, and W. China. STS 2:147. ..."

3. The Indiana School Journal by Indiana State Teachers Association (1876)
"THE FIRST red cent. An item is going the rounds of the papers stating that " the cent was first proposed by Robert Morris, the great financier of the ..."

4. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"It grows on rich soil from New York to Ohio, Kentucky, and southwards. Also called Judas-tree. red cent. A common term for the copper cent. ..."

5. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"—GH] rain seeds : the clouds that make the mackerel sky. red: a red cent. See Bartlett, sv nary red, red (cení). [Perhaps still in general use ; but when ..."

6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1857)
"THE OLD «red cent" OF TUE UNITED STATES COINAGE. As the old " red cent" is about being called in, some of our «temporaries are writing its history and ..."

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