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
"Yes," said he, "they do, and I wouldn't give two cents on the dollar for such as don't."
From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.
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
I wouldn't give two cents a piece for trees stuck out where you cannot cultivate them and get to them to fertilize them.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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
