nickel-and-dime
Example Sentences
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But don’t nickel-and-dime your enjoyment of your life in order to punish yourself for financial decisions.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025
Many teams are trying to slow down Kansas City’s offense by playing zone defenses, but the tradeoff is watching Travis Kelce nickel-and-dime his way down the field.
From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 2023
After years of allegedly running other nickel-and-dime scams, Santos appears to have concluded, for good reason, that the GOP donation pool is composed of easily shaken down marks.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023
Maybe they result in some nickel-and-dime gains for businesses from people who throw in the towel and pay whatever’s being demanded.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2022
“And don’t tell me you were some kind of nickel-and-dime Romeo, either.”
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
