red cent
Example Sentences
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He skipped town to avoid paying one red cent to your mother in child support, and now he’s back.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
You can spend the exact same amount on everyone’s birthdays and holidays down to a single red cent.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2020
“Yeah, it took off on its own. Like, there was not one red cent behind it. No marketing, no nothing,” said Brown.
From Fox News • Nov. 1, 2019
The highly unusual suit does not name the city of Seattle or the City Council as defendants, pointedly stating that Officers Scott Miller and Michael Spaulding “do not want one red cent of public money.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2017
Which, by the way, Mother’s group has never raised one red cent for me, to help put in upstairs plumbing at the Equatorial, for example.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
