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two cents

Definitions

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  • noun idiomatic, colloquial One's opinion or thoughts.
  • noun US, idiomatic, colloquial A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.

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synonyms (7)

Words with the same meaning

  1. tuppence worth
  2. tuppence-worth
  3. tuppenceworth
  4. two pennies' worth
  5. two pennorth
  6. two penn’orth
  7. twopenn’orth

forms (1)

Forms

  1. two cents' worth

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  • ruzuzu commented on the word two cents

    Add your two cents...

    June 24, 2014

  • alexz commented on the word two cents

    Canadians and Australians can no longer give their two cents worth as the government requires them to round down.

    June 26, 2014

  • bilby commented on the word two cents

    We can pay electronically any amount, although it's true that two cent coins are long gone. And frankly, if we did place pennies on dead men's eyes these days, our shitty government would find a way to tax them.

    June 26, 2014