wooden nickel
A wooden token that is manufactured and distributed by a particular business as an…A wooden token that is manufactured and distributed by a particular business as an advertising gimmick or which can be exchanged for goods, many of which have now become collector's items.
Meaning
4 sensesA wooden token that is manufactured and distributed by a particular business as an advertising gimmick or which can be exchanged for goods, many of which have now become collector's items.
(US)The smallest amount of money imaginable.
A worthless replica of a coin, usually intended to defraud.
(figuratively)Something that purports to be something other than it actually is, especially that purports to be more valuable than it actually is.
Forms
plural: wooden nickels| Singular | wooden nickel |
|---|---|
| Plural | wooden nickels |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.