Possible Clues:

• A hundred dismissed, in a manner of speaking
• A hundred and one part of a hundred, in a manner of speaking
• Grave, perhaps carrying stress
• I'd be in the middle of it by mistake, in a manner of speaking
• One of two in 'résumé'
• A hundred cent, in a manner of speaking
• Place stress on, say a syllable
• A hundred of this one would make one dollar, in a manner of speaking
• Local speech pattern, to outsiders
• A hundred per cent, in a manner of speaking