nickel
Synonym of cheap: Low price and/or low valueSynonym of cheap: Low price and/or low value.
» Do you have a nickel?
У тебе є п'ять центів? — deniko
У тебе є п'ятицентова монета? — deniko
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1 senses(US, dated, idiomatic, not comparable)Synonym of cheap: Low price and/or low value.
Let me give you the nickel tour of the office.
Examples
25 sentencesDo you have a nickel?
У тебе є п'ять центів? — deniko
A nickel is a five-cent coin.
deEin Nickel ist eine Fünfcentmünze. — Esperantostern
This coin is made of nickel.
That painting isn't worth a nickel.
It's made of cobalt and nickel.
Origin
Borrowed from German Nickel, first used in a text by the Swedish mineralogist Axel F. CronBorrowed from German Nickel, first used in a text by the Swedish mineralogist Axel F. Cronstedt as an abbreviation of Kupfernickel (“a mineral containing copper and nickel”), from Kupfer (“copper”) + Nickel (“insignificant person, goblin”), originally nickname of Nikolaus (“Nicholas”), due to the deceptive silver colour of the relatively valueless ore. Compare cobalt as related to kobolds.
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