fifty-cent tour
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Meaning · English
A brief and superficial tour or explanation
Literally: a tour costing fifty cents
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
He gave us a fifty-cent tour of the museum
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “fifty-cent tour” mean?
A brief and superficial tour or explanation Literally: a tour costing fifty cents
Is “fifty-cent tour” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.