Idiom: Nickel
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Borrowed 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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A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
A coin worth 5 cents.
Five dollars.
Example Sentences
1
He found a nickel on the ground and picked it up.
2
They are always nickel and diming us with fees.
3
She was so thrifty that she pinched every nickel.
4
I wouldn't give a nickel for his chances of winning.
5
He was just a nickel and dime crook until he got caught.
