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Nickel
Nickel noun - A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite.
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Nearby Words: nickeling, nickeled
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Time was, you could get two eggs, potatoes, choice of breakfast meats-Frasier: (dripping with sarcasm) And still get change back from the nickel!
Source: Series / Frasier - A nickel can buy you a steak and kidney pie, a cup of coffee, a slice of cheesecake, and a newsreel with enough change left over to ride the trolley from Battery Park to the Polo Grounds!
Source: Inflation Negation - These were not only about the same size as a quarter, they also had the same copper-nickel clad construction and reeded edge as a quarter, making them easy to confuse in loose change.
Source: Useful Notes / American Money
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