cut off with a cent



cut off with a cent

To be intentionally disinherited from a will by being bequeathed a single cent rather than left nothing at all. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. My father never liked that I gave up medicine to become a writer, and he cut me off with a cent when he died.
See also: cent, cut, off

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HoraȚIu-Romanian
ChesterCHES-tərEnglish
PhemieFEM-eeEnglish (Rare)
Rumena-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Raghnaid-Scottish
JarodJER-əd, JAR-ədEnglish