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Meaning of not worth a plug nickel | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Having no or almost no value; worthless.

US, idiomatic

Examples

“In the screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and David Rayfiel, Turner very early on stumbles upon the existence of a kind of super-C.I.A. within the C.I.A., after which his life is not worth a plug nickel.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

not worth a plugged nickel not worth a tinker's curse not worth a whistle not worth hell room not worth salt not worth the candle