twenty-five cents

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Go back further and the 1896 Fannie Farmer cookbook sternly informs readers that, “eggs, even at twenty-five cents per dozen, should not be freely used by the strict economist.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

What did you expect for twenty-five cents per day plus expenses, the FBI?

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2018

In 1927, when America had a third of its current population and movie tickets cost twenty-five cents, the studios enjoyed box-office revenues of seven hundred and eighty million dollars.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 11, 2016

A ticket for a double feature and a live show cost twenty-five cents; for a quarter, Americans could escape from their problems and lose themselves in another era or world.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

We went over the denominations a few times—one cent, five cents, ten cents, twenty-five cents.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson