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nickel and dimes

nickel and dimes is the plural of nickel and dime.

nickel and dimes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nickel and dime.

Meaning of nickel and dime

Noun (1)

nickel and dime

  1. (US, slang) Fifteen years.

Noun (2)

nickel and dime (plural nickel and dimes)

  1. (Canada, US, dated) A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially (originally, formerly) one in which all items had a price near a nickel (US five cents) or a dime (US ten cents).
    • Near-synonym: dollar store (idiomatically synonymous in the 21st century)

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Questions about nickel and dimes

What is nickel and dimes the plural of?
Nickel and dimes is the plural of nickel and dime.

Words near nickel and dimes in the dictionary

  1. nicked off
  2. nicked up
  3. nickel
  4. nickel and dime
  5. nickel and dimed
  6. nickel and dimes
  7. nickel and diming
  8. nickel back
  9. nickel backs
  10. nickel bag
  11. nickel bags

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