for a song

for very little cost; at a fairly low price

The team acquired that player, who was like a 4th or 5th draft pick, for a song but he proved himself after a couple of seasons and eventually helped them win the championship.

by Bungalow Bill January 10, 2008

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sold it for a song

Fig. to sell something for very little money. (As in trading something of value for the singing of a song.)

I had a beautiful apartment on Venice Beach. Selling that place it's one of my biggest regrets in life. Because I sold it for a song and now the real state there is worth so much.

by G. E. CASMAR May 10, 2011

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got it for a song

Got it cheap

The indian sold me his land for a song.

by Sheldon December 26, 2003

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A 2003 Irish indie movie starring Aidan Quinn, Iain Glenn, and Marc Warren. It tells the story of St. Jude's a reform school in the 1930's, and William Franklin, a veteran of the Spanish Civil War who comes to teach the boys there.

Many parents don't want their kids to see Song For A Raggy Boy because of a brutal rape scene and child abuse.

by Katya R. March 9, 2009

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