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(redirected from nickels)The CoinTrackers.com crew has compiled an awesome list we've dubbed 25 Most Valuable Nickels, and the page details the most valuable nickels minted in the United States from the late 1800's to the early 2000's. (Updated 2021) The values are descending so the most valuable are at the top. (so its a count up and not a countdown). Nickels is a nice arcade but small with only a few shops, most of which seem to be closed when I visit but I enjoyed the shops that were open and the great coffee at Comet too. Nice place so check it out which won’t take you long. Leading in numbers of Buffalo nickels struck is the Philadelphia mint. Throughout the years the main mint placed over 900 million nickels into circulation. Most of the old nickels found today are the Philadelphia issue. Many collectors find these coins appealing.
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a wooden nickel
A person or thing that only vaguely appears to have any real value, but is ultimately worthless. A nickel is worth five cents, thus already being worth very little. Primarily heard in US. This whole accreditation scheme has as much value as a wooden nickel when it does nothing to get you more work in the field.
accept a wooden nickel
To accept something that proves to be fraudulent or deceitful; to be swindled or conned. Primarily heard in US. I'm done accepting wooden nickels—capricious women who say they love me, then get bored and decide I'm not worth their time.My husband is a wonderful man, but he has about as much business sense as a grade-schooler. If I had let him accept all the wooden nickels offered flaky customers have tried to peddle on us, we'd have gone bankrupt years ago.
be not worth a plug nickel
obsolete To be completely worthless or useless; to have little or no value. (A variant of 'not worth a plugged nickel.') Refers to coins (not only nickels) that were 'plugged'—that is, those that had a hole drilled in their center and were filled with cheaper metals—which made the coins illegitimate and worthless if spotted. Primarily heard in US. I was so excited when my grandpa said he'd give me his car, but this old clunker isn't worth a plug nickel.Over the years working here I've come to realize that the boss's promises aren't worth a plug nickel.
don't take any wooden nickels
Take care and, specifically, try not to get swindled. The phrase is thought to have originated in the early 20th century when country residents visiting the city were considered easily duped. Primarily heard in US. Have fun tonight and don't take any wooden nickels!
double nickels
slang The speed limit of 55 miles per hour. 'Nickel' refers to the US five-cent coin. Whoa, whoa, cool it with the double nickels—the speed limit here is 25!
hotter than a hooker's doorknob on nickel night
rude slang Very hot. Usually said in reference to air temperature. A: 'I heard it's pretty warm out today.' B: 'Oh yeah, hotter than a hooker's doorknob on nickel night.'
if I had (some monetary unit) for every (something)
cliché Used to indicate a very large number or very frequent occurrence of people, things, or actions. Usually used in conjunction with some expression that one would be rich as a result of receiving money for all such instances. A: 'Hey, Paul, listen to this! I've got a great idea to get rich!' B: 'Here we go again. If I had a nickel for every harebrained scheme you came up with—sheesh!'Oh, yuck! If I had a dollar for every dog turd I found left on the sidewalk in this neighborhood, I'd be a millionaire!No, I can't raise your salary! I tell you, if I had a dime for every employee who came in here asking for more money, I'd be retired by now!
if I had (some monetary unit) for every (something), I'd be rich!
cliché Used to indicate a very large number or very frequent occurrence of people, things, or actions. 'I'd be a millionaire' can be substituted for 'I'd be rich.' A: 'Hey, Paul, listen to this! I've got a great idea to get rich!' B: 'Here we go again. If I had a nickel for every harebrained scheme you came up with, I'd be rich!'Oh, yuck! If I had a dollar for every dog turd I found left on the sidewalk in this neighborhood, I'd be rich!No, I can't raise your salary! I tell you, if I had a dime for every employee who came in here asking for more money, I'd be a millionaire!
if I had (some monetary unit) for every time (something happened)
cliché Used to indicate a very frequent occurrence of something happening. Usually used in conjunction with some expression that one would be rich as a result of receiving money for all such instances. A: 'Hey, Paul, listen to this! I've got a great idea to get rich!' B: 'Here we go again. I'd be a rich man if I had a nickel for every time I had to listen to one of your harebrained schemes!'Oh, yuck! If I had a dollar for every time people left their dogs' poop on the sidewalk in this neighborhood, I'd be a millionaire!No, I can't raise your salary! I tell you, if I had a dime for every employee who came in here asking for more money, I'd be retired by now!
I've seen better heads on nickel beers
slang Said when one deems someone to be stupid. The 'head' is the foam that forms when beer is poured into a glass. It is used here as a pun in reference to one's head, representing their brain or intellect. Oh please, I've seen better heads on nickel beers—you can't believe a word that fool says.I can't believe you're so impressed with her—I've seen better heads on nickel beers, honestly.
nickel
slang Describing something that costs five dollars, especially drugs. It wasn't a crazy party or anything, just a few friends and a nickel bag of weed.
nickel and dime (one)
To assess costs or fees in enough small amounts that it adds up to a substantial sum. Between the increases in property tax, sales tax, and income tax, I feel like the government is constantly trying to nickel and dime us.My phone company has been nickel and diming me for years.
nickel and dime (one) to death
To assess costs or fees in enough small amounts that it adds up to a substantial sum. Between the increases in property tax, sales tax, and income tax, I feel like the government is trying nickel and dime us to death.These phone companies all make their profits by nickeling and diming their customers with hidden charges and fees.
nickel nurser
A stingy person; a penny pincher. Primarily heard in US. I used to hate going out to restaurants with my ex-girlfriend. She was such a nickel nurser that we'd never get anything nice to eat, and she always refused to leave a tip.
nickel tour
A brief, superficial guided tour, inspection, or survey. There's not much to see here anyway, so let me give you the nickel tour.No, I don't know where the bathrooms are—I only got a nickel tour of the building.
nickel-and-dime
To assess costs or fees in enough small amounts that it adds up to a substantial sum. Between the increases in property tax, sales tax, and income tax, I feel like the government is trying nickel-and-dime us to death.That phone company is nickel-and-diming their customers with all those fees.
not have two nickels to rub together
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To be extremely poor; to have very little or no money to spend. Primarily heard in US. During college, when I didn't have two nickels to rub together, I survived off of ramen noodles for months at a time.They used to be so well off, but the economy crashed and their business closed, and they don't have two nickels to rub together anymore.
not have two pennies to rub together
To be extremely poor; to have very little or no money to spend. During college, when I didn't have two pennies to rub together, I survived off of ramen noodles for months at a time.They used to be so well off, but after the economy crashed and their business closed, they don't have two pennies to rub together anymore.
not worth a damn
Having no value or integrity; worthless. The company offered vouchers to its employees, but they aren't worth a damn.You've broken your word so many times that your promises aren't worth a damn.My brother gave me his old laptop, but it's not worth a damn anymore.
not worth a plug nickel
obsolete Completely worthless or useless; having little or no value. (A variant of 'not worth a plugged nickel.') Refers to coins (not only nickels) that were 'plugged'—that is, those that had a hole drilled in their center and were filled with cheaper metals—which made the coins illegitimate and worthless if spotted. Primarily heard in US. I was so excited when my grandpa said he'd give me his car, but this old clunker isn't worth a plug nickel.Over the years working here I've come to realize that the boss's promises aren't worth a plug nickel.
not worth a plugged nickel
obsolete Completely worthless or useless; having little or no value. Refers to coins (not only nickels) that were 'plugged'—that is, those that had a hole drilled in their center and were filled with cheaper metals—which made the coins illegitimate and worthless if spotted. Primarily heard in US. I was so excited when my grandpa said he'd give me his car, but this old clunker isn't worth a plugged nickel.Over the years working here I've come to realize that the boss's promises aren't worth a plugged nickel.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
I've seen better heads on nickel beers.
Rur. This person is stupid. Jim's good-looking, but I've seen better heads on nickel beers.My students this term aren't what you'd call bright. I've seen better heads on nickel beers.
nickel-and-dime someone(to death)
Fig. to make numerous small monetary charges that add up to a substantial sum. Those contractors nickel-and-dimed me to death.Just give me the whole bill at one time. Don't nickel-and-dime me for days on end.
not worth a damn
Inf. worthless. This pen is not worth a damn.When it comes to keeping score, she's not worth a damn.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
not worth a damn
Also, not worth a plugged nickel or red cent or bean or hill of beans or fig or straw or tinker's damn . Worthless, as in That car isn't worth a damn, or My new tennis racket is not worth a plugged nickel. As for the nouns here, a damn or curse is clearly of no great value (also see not give a damn); a plugged nickel in the 1800s referred to a debased five-cent coin; a cent denotes the smallest American coin, which was red when made of pure copper (1800s); a bean has been considered trivial or worthless since the late 1300s (Chaucer so used it), whereas hill of beans alludes to a planting method whereby four or five beans are put in a mound (and still are worthless); and both fig and straw have been items of no worth since about 1400. A tinker's dam, first recorded in 1877, was a wall of dough raised around a spot where a metal pipe is being repaired so as to hold solder in place until it hardens, whereupon the dam is discarded. However, tinker's damn was first recorded in 1839 and probably was merely an intensification of 'not worth a damn,' rather than having anything to do with the dam.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
nickel and dime
AMERICAN1. If you describe something as nickel and dime, you mean that it is not important or serious, or involves only small amounts of money. Note: A nickel is a five cent coin and a dime is a ten cent coin. I want to keep the campaign on the issues that matter. I'm not interested in that nickel and dime stuff.Some claim the company's nickel-and-dime charges are driving away sellers of inexpensive items. Note: You can also say nickel-dime with the same meaning. It's nickel-dime stuff, though, compared to what you and Michael have to deal with.
2. If someone nickels and dimes someone or something, they harm them by continually taking small amounts of money away from them, or by continually making small changes or requests. Note: A nickel is a five cent coin and a dime is a ten cent coin. The claims aren't huge but there are a lot of them and it all adds up. We're getting nickeled and dimed to death.
a wooden nickel
AMERICANIf you call something a wooden nickel, you mean that it is completely false or has no value. Note: A nickel is a five cent coin and a dime is a ten cent coin. He looked at the card as though it were a wooden nickel. `That doesn't prove a thing,' he said.
not have two pennies to rub together
ornot have two nickels to rub together
AMERICANIf someone doesn't have two pennies to rub together, they are poor. My parents had just married and they didn't have two pennies to rub together.He didn't have two nickels to rub together when he got here. I think he's done pretty well for himself. Note: In old-fashioned English, you can say that someone doesn't have two brass farthings to rub together or doesn't have two halfpennies to rub together. There I was — a really good skier with loads of potential and I didn't have two brass farthings to rub together. Note: You can use other nouns in similar structures when you mean that someone or something has none or very little of a particular quality. He's useless — he hasn't got two brain cells to rub together.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
not worth a damn
having no value or validity at all. informalaccept a wooden nickel
be fooled or swindled. USA wooden nickel is a worthless or counterfeit coin.
not worth a plugged nickel
of no value. USA plugged coin has had a part removed and the space filled with base material.
1991R.Hawkey&R.BinghamWild Card If as much as a whisper gets out…none of our lives are going to be worth a plugged nickel.
not have two pennies to rub together
lack money; be very poor.See also: have, not, penny, rub, together, two
not have two — to rub together
have none or hardly any of the specified items, especially coins. informal1999Independent Soon you realise you have as many troubles when you are rich as when you haven't two pennies to rub together.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
ˌnickel-and-ˈdime
involving only a small amount of money; not important: I’m going to make serious money this time. No more no nickel-and-dime stuff for me. ▶ ˌnickel-and-ˈdime verb charge many small fees which add up to a large amount in total: Unlike other companies, we charge a flat fee so we won’t nickel-and-dime you to death.don’t take any wooden ˈnickels
(American English
) used when saying goodbye to somebody to mean ‘be careful’, ‘take care of yourself’: Well, see you around Tom. Don’t take any wooden nickels.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
double nickels
and double buffalon. the number fifty-five; the fifty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit. (Originally citizens band radio. The buffalo is on one side of the nickel.) You’d better travel right on those double nickels in through here. The bears are hungry. Double buffalo is for trucks. You can go seventy.
nickel and dime someone (to death)
tv. to make numerous small monetary charges that add up to a substantial sum. Just give me the whole bill at one time. Don’t nickel and dime me for days on end.
nickel and dime someone
verbSee also: and, dime, nickel, someone
not worth a damn
mod. worthless. When it comes to keeping score, she’s not worth a damn.
not worth a plugged nickel
mod. worth little or nothing. This new battery is not worth a plugged nickel.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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don't take any wooden nickels
Protect yourself (against fraud, loss, and so on). This warning against counterfeit coins dates from about 1900 and is distinctly American in origin, the nickel being a U.S. or Canadian five-cent coin. Why a wooden coin was selected is not known. Presumably making coins of wood would always have been more expensive than the intrinsic value of metal coins. Several writers suggest it replaced don’t take any wooden nutmegs, a now obsolete saying dating from colonial times when sharp traders sold wooden nutmegs mixed in with the real spice. In print the expression is found in Ring Lardner’s story, The Real Dope (1919), “In the mean wile—until we meet again—don’t take no wood nickles [sic] and don’t get impatient and be a good girlie.”
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer
Don't take any wooden nickels
Don't let yourself be cheated. This expression was first heard in the early 20th century. Although there never were any wooden nickels as legal tender, country folk going to a city were likely to be cheated by all manner of ruses, including obviously counterfeit coins. Wooden nickels did exist, however, as bank promotions during and after the Great Depression; the “coins” were redeemable for prizes.
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price Copyright © 2011 by Steven D. Price
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