Coin Slang and Phrases

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A penny saved, is a penny earned
Nickel, holding up a dollar
Pinch a penny, to lose 2
Here's a quarter, call someone who cares

 

Thanks paddyman98

 

Well I'll be darned, learn something every day.

 

Just posted something about WC Fields which reminded me of "How would you like a nose like that full of nickels?"

 

Quarter Horse.

 

-- A tightwad who pinches a penny so tight that Abe Lincoln would groan for mercy.

-- Referring to a dishonest person: I wouldn't let him put a dime for me in a parking meter.

-- Referring to a deadbeat as "not worth a plugged nickel."

 

"He'd (She'd) steal the coins off a dead person's eyes".

 

Retail store of the past: "five and dime."

Retail stores of the present: Dollar General, Family Dollar and Everything's a Dollar. Other "dollar stores."

 

Penny Dreadful novels

 

"Spend a penny" for Take a pee

 

So tight he'd squeeze a nickel till the buffalo $hit

 

Penny loafers

 

Dime novel

 

Shave and a haircut--- two bits....as that 'secret' knock on the door.

 

That and a nickel will get you nothing.

 

Nickels holding up a dollar

 

when I was a lad you had to put a penny into a slot to open the door of a public toilet

 

Seriously ?

 

yes--that was in England and is the origin of the saying to spend a penny-----I am an ancient man so it was a long time ago,i guess the slots went out about forty years ago