give two cents
Example Sentences
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Doc did the majority of the talking, but he opened the floor for everybody to give two cents.
From Newsweek • Mar. 13, 2010
The patient appearing to be startled at the magnitude of this sum, Dr. Macaire blandly says, as he bows him out, "We give two cents for returned bottles."
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James
I wouldn't give two cents a piece for trees stuck out where you cannot cultivate them and get to them to fertilize them.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 by Northern Nut Growers Association
The meat-man did indeed give two cents apiece for quails, and he invited Jack to bring as many more as he could get.
From St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 by Various
"They will not give two cents a week," said Mrs. Miller.
From Four Girls at Chautauqua by Pansy
