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that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee

that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee phrase: dismisses the mentioned thing as worthless or futile.

Phrase

that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee

  1. (US, humorous, informal) Dismisses the mentioned thing as worthless or futile.
    • A reputation is only useful to dime novelists, boy. That rep and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee.2011, James Ankrom, The Reaper, page 83
    • “My gut tells me that he is, but with that and two bucks, I can get a cup of coffee, but not much else,” growled Max.2012, Walter A. Turner, The Back Bay File, page 307

Synonyms of that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee

Questions about that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee

What does that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee mean?
That and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee means dismisses the mentioned thing as worthless or futile.
What part of speech is that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee?
That and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee is a phrase.

Words near that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee in the dictionary

  1. that
  2. that accounts for the milk in the coconut
  3. that ain't hay
  4. that ain't it
  5. that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee
  6. that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee
  7. that and a nickel will get you on the subway
  8. that and a token will get you on the subway
  9. that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffee
  10. that being said
  11. that clause

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