Verb
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| nickel-and-dime -
accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"
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scrape up,
scrape,
scratch,
come up scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
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| nickel-and-dime -
spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
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penny-pinch |
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expend,
spend,
drop pay out; "spend money"
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Adjective
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| nickel-and-dime -
low-paying; "a nickel-and-dime job"
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| nickel-and-dime -
of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor"
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small-time |
