Lexic.us

Definition of Red cent

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

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

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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