two cents

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two cents pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts.
    That's just my two cents, you can believe what you like.
  2. (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, idiomatic, colloquial) A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.
    That car won't last a week, it's not worth two cents.

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Two cents and two cents' worth have eclipsed the native two pennies' worth in England even though the cent is not a unit of currency there.

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