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Idiom

not worth a plug nickel

Meaning

Having no or almost no value; worthless.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“This old car is not worth a plug nickel.”

“The company sold us broken equipment that was not worth a plug nickel.”

“After the market crash, the once-valuable stocks in his portfolio were suddenly not worth a plug nickel.”

Examples

simple

“This old car is not worth a plug nickel.”

contextual

“The company sold us broken equipment that was not worth a plug nickel.”

complex

“After the market crash, the once-valuable stocks in his portfolio were suddenly not worth a plug nickel.”

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