two cents


two cents

noun

Definition of TWO CENTS

1
or two cents' worth : an opinion offered on a topic under discussion <send your two cents' worth to your senator>
2
: a sum or object of very small value : practically nothing <said angrily that for two cents he'd punch your nose>

First Known Use of TWO CENTS

circa 1939

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