red cent

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (US) A copper penny.
2. (US, colloquial) A very small amount of money.

Sinonieme

damn

darn

hoot

shit

💩

shucks

tinker’s damn

tinker’s dam

Vertalings

قطمير

rave

merde

putain

repriser

cacata

💩

droga

💊

merda

💩

porcaria

Etimologie (Engels)

Probably from the color of the copper from which the coin was minted. Prior to 1864, a brighter nickel-based cent was used, often called the white cent. It is also possible that the red originally referred to the obverse bearing an Indian head stamp. See Indian Head cent.