red cent

1. 1.

   something of little value

   “his promise is not worth a damn”

   “not worth one red cent”

   “not worth shucks”

   Synonymsdamndarnhootshitshuckstinker's damntinker's dam

   Broaderworthlessness

Questions about red cent

What does red cent mean?

red cent means "something of little value".

What is another word for red cent?

Close synonyms include damn, darn, hoot, shit, shucks. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red cent a common word?

red cent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.