plug nickel
(chiefly, US, colloquial) A nearly worthless amount.
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(chiefly, US, colloquial) A nearly worthless amount.
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(chiefly, US, idiomatic) Having no or almost no value; worthless.
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(US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
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(US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
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(US, slang) A five-dollar baggie of narcotics, especially marijuana, typically a little under half a gram.
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(North America, colloquial, humorous) To be very stingy; to be reluctant to part with money.