twenty-five cents
Example Sentences
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Go back further and the 1896 Fannie Farmer cookbook sternly informs readers that, “eggs, even at twenty-five cents per dozen, should not be freely used by the strict economist.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023
What did you expect for twenty-five cents per day plus expenses, the FBI?
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2018
A ticket for a double feature and a live show cost twenty-five cents; for a quarter, Americans could escape from their problems and lose themselves in another era or world.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
In the mornings they sold simple fried doughnuts - plain or cinnamon sugar coated - and I believe you got three for twenty-five cents.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2014
The Preacher put his mouth near my ear and said, “No-siree-bob. I paid a whole twenty-five cents for you to watch this and that’s just what you’re going to do.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
