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nickel-and-diming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
nick-el-and-dim-ing
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of nickel-and-dime

Questions

What does nickel-and-diming mean?
present participle and gerund of nickel-and-dime

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