bought for a song
Example Sentences
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Although many ’80s and ’90s vehicles can be bought for a song, Mr. Saito’s stick-shift, four-wheel-drive Nissan Patrol set him back $21,000 two years ago — in fair condition.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2021
With DEKA, Kamen built a wonderland for ambitious engineers in a set of riverside warehouses that Kamen bought for a song.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2021
Ema horses were bought for a song and were left in temples; but they were executed with such extraordinary craftsmanship that they are today treasured as works of art.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he became interested—abstractly—in some copper-mines in Spain, which, as he clearly demonstrated, could be bought for a song, and would pay a thousand per cent, from the start.
From Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne
It was bought for a song almost, when we consider the immense amount of money made for the government by the seal fisheries, the cod and salmon industries, and the opening of the gold fields.
From Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
