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don't take any wooden nickels

don't take any wooden nickels phrase: one should not permit oneself to be cheated or duped; one should not be naive.

Phrase

don't take any wooden nickels

  1. (US, dated) One should not permit oneself to be cheated or duped; one should not be naive.
    • HELMER: What the hell, Nora? NORA: So long, Kid, don't take any wooden nickels!1914, Puck, volume 76, page 21
    • Well, I only meant to write a line and I've written pages! Well, don't take any wooden nickels.1917, William Ely Hill, Among Us Mortals: Pictures and Legends by W.E. Hill

Questions about don't take any wooden nickels

What does don't take any wooden nickels mean?
Don't take any wooden nickels means one should not permit oneself to be cheated or duped; one should not be naive.
What part of speech is don't take any wooden nickels?
Don't take any wooden nickels is a phrase.

Words near don't take any wooden nickels in the dictionary

  1. don't spare the horses
  2. don't spend it all at once
  3. don't spend it all in one place
  4. don't sweat it
  5. don't sweat the small stuff
  6. don't take any wooden nickels
  7. don't teach your grandmother how to milk ducks
  8. don't teach your grandmother to steal sheep
  9. don't tell me
  10. don't that beat all
  11. don't touch that dial

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