plug nickel

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Definition of plug nickel in English English dictionary

A nearly worthless amount, referring to a nickel (US five-cent coin) with a hole in it where a plug has been removed

There's no additional money for saving the mural, he said. I have no intention of spending another plug nickel on it..

Related Terms

not worth a plug nickel

Having no or almost no value; worthless

In the screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and David Rayfiel, Turner very early on stumbles upon the existence of a kind of super-C.I.A. within the C.I.A., after which his life is not worth a plug nickel.

Hyphenation

plug nick·el

Turkish pronunciation

plʌg nîkıl

Synonyms

farthing, brass farthing, red cent, two cents

Pronunciation

/ˈpləg ˈnəkəl/ /ˈplʌɡ ˈnɪkəl/