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nickel-and-dime 
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(TTS Sound)Overview of verb nickel-and-dime
The verb nickel-and-dime has 2 senses
- penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime -- (spend money frugally; spend as little as possible)
- nickel-and-dime -- (accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family")
Overview of adj nickel-and-dime
The adj nickel-and-dime has 2 senses
- nickel-and-dime, small-time -- (of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor")
- nickel-and-dime -- (low-paying; "a nickel-and-dime job")