don't take any wooden nickels

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Do not permit yourself be cheated or duped; do not be naive

H. T. Webster's comic strip, The Timid Soul, in the Oakland Tribune of September 10, 1950 used the tendency to repeat worn phrases as the subject for the hero's good intentions. The following are recorded: . . . Don't take any wooden nickels.

don't take any wooden nickels

    Hyphenation

    don't take a·ny Wood·en nickels

    Turkish pronunciation

    dōnt teyk eni wûdın nîkılz

    Pronunciation

    /ˈdōnt ˈtāk ˈenē ˈwo͝odən ˈnəkəlz/ /ˈdoʊnt ˈteɪk ˈɛniː ˈwʊdən ˈnɪkəlz/

    Etymology

    () circa 1930s. Depression-era expression relating to privately minted wooden tokens which resembled coins but were used as commemoratives or promotional items.
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