nickel-and-dime
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(s) of minor importance
- a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room
- a small-time actor
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(s) low-paying
- a nickel-and-dime job
Verbs
- (v) spend money frugally; spend as little as possible penny-pinch,
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(v) accumulate gradually
- she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family