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not a red cent

US informal

Definition

no money at all: It turns out his paintings aren't worth a red cent.Small amounts of moneyLarge amounts of money
(Definition of not a red cent from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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