Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nickel-plated; coated with nickel.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
nickel .
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Examples
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Yep we've been nickeled and dimed, stabed by the Elks and Rolled on the River and are now about to get it up the ass by a Greek Goat.
Should Aurora Bet $1.25 Million on Billy Goat to Help Synergize Downtown Aurora? 2009
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Rick Seaney , CEO of FareCompare.com, said, Consumers feel like they're being nickeled and dimed, but people who fly on Spirit are already used to it.
Spirit Air's New First: Levying Fee for Passes Susan Carey 2011
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Earlier this year, Fenty proposed wholesale hike in business taxes, traffic fines and parking fees and caught hell on the campaign trail - "nickeled and dimed" is how the eventual victor, Vincent C.
Ambulance fee proposal raises fears of 'à la carte government' in Montgomery Mike DeBonis 2010
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Earlier this year, Fenty proposed wholesale hike in business taxes, traffic fines and parking fees and caught hell on the campaign trail - "nickeled and dimed" is how the eventual victor, Vincent C.
Ambulance fee proposal raises fears of 'à la carte government' in Montgomery Mike DeBonis 2010
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Earlier this year, Fenty proposed wholesale hike in business taxes, traffic fines and parking fees and caught hell on the campaign trail - "nickeled and dimed" is how the eventual victor, Vincent C.
Ambulance fee proposal raises fears of 'à la carte government' in Montgomery Mike DeBonis 2010
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For Harrington, on the other hand, the War on Poverty was a flop because it nickeled and dimed a problem that demanded far greater government spending.
Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010
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But maybe I'm jaded, or that's the reason someone has $8K to spend on a Blu-ray player—they nickeled and dimed their way to wealth by cutting out coupons and mailing in their rebates.
Buy an $8,000 McIntosh Blu-ray player, get $25 off a Neil Young collection? 2010
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I absolutely refuse to be nickeled and dimed like that.
Paying Your Verizon Bill With Cash? That'll Be $3.99 Extra - The Consumerist 2008
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But maybe I'm jaded, or that's the reason someone has $8K to spend on a Blu-ray player — they nickeled and dimed their way to wealth by cutting out coupons and mailing in their rebates.
Buy an $8,000 McIntosh Blu-ray player, get $25 off a Neil Young collection? 2010
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I have continuous access to a huge library of music and can listen to anything at any time without worrying about being nickeled and dimed to death.
Rhapsody Runs Hard Just to Stay in Place - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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