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not worth a plugged nickel

not worth a plugged nickel is the alternative form of not worth a plug nickel.

Meaning of not worth a plug nickel

Adjective

not worth a plug nickel

  1. (US, idiomatic) Having no or almost no value; worthless.
    • In the screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and David Rayfiel, Turner very early on stumbles upon the existence of a kind of super-C.I.A. within the C.I.A., after which his life is not worth a plug nickel.1975 Sep. 25, Vincent Canby, "Redford a CIA Eccentric in Three Days of Condor" (film review), New York Times, p. 60

Questions about not worth a plugged nickel

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Not worth a plugged nickel is the alternative form of not worth a plug nickel.

Words near not worth a plugged nickel in the dictionary

  1. not worth a Continental
  2. not worth a cress
  3. not worth a curse
  4. not worth a dime
  5. not worth a plug nickel
  6. not worth a plugged nickel
  7. not worth a tinker's curse
  8. not worth a whistle
  9. not worth beans
  10. not worth hell room
  11. not worth salt

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