nickel-and-dime N. Amer.

nickel-and-dime N. Amer.
nickel-and-dime N. Amer.
informal
verb harass by charging for many trivial items.
adjective unimportant; trivial.
Origin
1930s: orig. denoting a store selling articles at five or ten cents.

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