wooden nickel (English, noun)
expansion: wooden nickel (plural wooden nickels)
Senses:
glosses: A wooden token that is manufactured and distributed by a particular business as an advertising gimmick or which can be exchanged for goods, many of which have now become collector's items.
topics: banking
business
glosses: The smallest amount of money imaginable.
tags: US
glosses: A worthless replica of a coin, usually intended to defraud.
glosses: Something that purports to be something other than it actually is, especially that purports to be more valuable than it actually is.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: wooden nickels
tags: plural