nickel-and-dime

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nickel-and-dime

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alternative, not comparable Alternative spelling of nickel and dime

verb nickel-and-dimes · nickels-and-dimes · nickel-and-diming · nickeling-and-diming · nickelling-and-diming · nickel-and-dimed

alternative Alternative spelling of nickel and dime The business people began to nickel-and-dime him, no water cooler in the production office, that sort of thing.

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@misc{nickel_and_dime_2026,
  title = {nickel-and-dime},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nickel-and-dime},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}