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double-nickels

double-nickels is the plural of double-nickel.

Meaning of double-nickel

Noun

double-nickel (plural double-nickels)

  1. (US, slang) The national speed limit of 55 miles per hour introduced in the USA in 1974.
    • But in 1982 they found a loophole: Keep the double-nickel speed limit, but effectively allow motorists to drive up to 65 by designating that speed a “waste of a finite resource” and setting the fine at $15.2015 February 17, Howard Fischer, “Bill takes teeth out of state speed limits”, in Arizona Daily Star
  2. (US, slang) The number 55 (by extension).
    • This night was insane. Knicks win, Sixers win, Wolves win. Kyrie drops a double-nickel.2015 January 29, Matt Moore, “Five-Star Review: Kyrie Irving's double-nickel night”, in CBSSports

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Questions about double-nickels

What is double-nickels the plural of?
Double-nickels is the plural of double-nickel.

Words near double-nickels in the dictionary

  1. double-mindedness
  2. double-muscled
  3. double-nickel
  4. double-nickeled
  5. double-nickeling
  6. double-nickels
  7. double-nosed Andean tiger hound
  8. double-nosed Andean tiger hounds
  9. double-oblique
  10. double-page spread
  11. double-page spreads

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