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coin phrases
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do you know any phrases or sayings about coins?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ."Drop a dime on someone", meaning to narc or report on someone. Dates back to when the cost of a pay phone call was just 10 cents.
"Dime bag" used to refer to $10 worth of marijuana
"Nickel and dimed to death", meaning the fine print on a contract added numerous little extra charges that add up to a sizeable amount
"Penny loafer", a style of shoe in which wearers inserted a one-cent coin for decoration
"Penny ante", originally referred to a low-stakes card game, generally means anything cheap or low-risk