give two cents
Example Sentences
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Doc did the majority of the talking, but he opened the floor for everybody to give two cents.
From Newsweek • Mar. 13, 2010
I wouldn’t give two cents to see it.”
From What's-His-Name by Fisher, Harrison
I'd give two cents to know what scared 'em and what's goin' on over yonder.
From The Valiant Runaways by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
"Well, it's all right in the daytime," Mrs. Gorham rejoined, "but I wouldn't give two cents for their safety fishing for bass on a dark night among those snags."
From Kit of Greenacre Farm by Forrester, Izola L. (Izola Louise)
She don't give two cents for money—but she ain't foolish enough to marry a puncher that's workin' for wages on her uncle's ranch.
From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto