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MY money oozed awayto eight francs, to four francs, to one franc, to twenty-five centimes; and twenty-five centimes is useless, for it will buy nothing except a newspaper.

Down and Out in Paris and London 1933

Its worst fault was more political than economical: it was the 45 centimes, that is to say, the sudden increase by 45 per cent, of the direct taxes.

Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 Alexis de Tocqueville 1832

Thus, for every kilo of wax or copal screwed out of the natives at a cost of five centimes or less, he received into his pocket a bonus of fifteen centimes, that is to say the bonus to Meeus was three times what the natives got; if by any laxity or sense of justice, the cost of the wax or copal rose to six centimes a kilo, Meeus only got ten centimes bonus, and so on.

The Pools of Silence 1907

"For two centimes I'd come over there and drown you, you white beast!"

THE HEATHEN 2010

Shares in Petroplus fell 84% to 24 centimes 26 U.S. cents.

Petroplus to File for Insolvency Konstantin Rozhnov 2012

Considering that the anthology assignment would only have paid 6 US cents (4.3 centimes in Euros) per word, and these translations pay 11 centimes (15 cents US) per word ... it behooves me to do the translations, in what time I have between trips and other obligations.

Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2009

The modest recovery in risk appetite commingled with widespread rumors that the central bank was prepared to raise the euro/franc target rate by an additional 10 centimes, driving the franc sharply lower across the board.

Swiss Franc Falls as Market Ponders SNB's Next Move Javier E. David 2011

"For two centimes I'd come over there and drown you, you white beast!"

THE HEATHEN 2010

So certain Parisian bourgeoisie are better off, with new windows and 50 centimes extra in their wallets.

Stromata Blog: 2009

So certain Parisian bourgeoisie are better off, with new windows and 50 centimes extra in their wallets.

Bastiat Updated 2009