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nickel bag

nickel bag noun: a five-dollar baggie of narcotics, especially marijuana, typically a little under half a gram.

Noun

nickel bag (plural nickel bags)

  1. (US, slang) A five-dollar baggie of narcotics, especially marijuana, typically a little under half a gram.
    • Often the junkie pusher will deal "nickel bags" at $5 each, as well as $3 "Treys."1965, James Mills, “The World of Needle Park”, in Life, volume 58, number 8, page 84
    • They say, "I've got a dime, I've got a nickel bag" / "Oh, it's the best stuff you've, you ever had" / "I've got your pleasure right here in my hand" / "It'll make you feel just, just like a real big man" / But when I stop to think about the cost / I know that I just might get lost1982, Ashford & Simpson, “Street Corner”, in Street Opera

Forms of nickel bag

pluralnickel bags

Questions about nickel bag

What does nickel bag mean?
Nickel bag means a five-dollar baggie of narcotics, especially marijuana, typically a little under half a gram.
What part of speech is nickel bag?
Nickel bag is a noun.
What is the plural of nickel bag?
The plural of nickel bag is nickel bags.

Words near nickel bag in the dictionary

  1. nickel and dimed
  2. nickel and dimes
  3. nickel and diming
  4. nickel back
  5. nickel backs
  6. nickel bag
  7. nickel bags
  8. Nickel Centre
  9. nickel chloride
  10. nickel nitrate
  11. nickel note

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