Usage of "nickel-and-dime"

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Spend money frugally; spend as little as possible.

Of minor importance.

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Examples for "small-time"

Just because we're not big-city New York doesn't mean we're small-time technology. 
 My deadly valentine 

The one others called scholar, a small-time potterer here among the ruins. 
 Orb Sceptre Throne 

Vetinari should be made to understand the plight of the small-time entrepreneur. 
 Raising Steam 

Smuggling gold or whatever in Africa would be too small-time for him. 
 Night of knives 

Robert Mitchum, wonderfully laconic as a small-time hood, headed a brilliant cast. 
 The Guardian 

Nickel-and-dime.

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Ús de nickel-and-dime en anglès

Penny Auctions are in the nickel-and-dime section of the internet-commerce department store. 
 Wired 

By this time Ainesley could see that the store was a nickel-and-dime operation. 
 Anthill: a novel 

It's like having a car that's starting to nickel-and-dime you. 
 The Girl I Used to Be 

Law enforcement isn't interested in the nickel-and-dime stuff anymore. 
 A killing night 

Every Thursday afternoon there is a nickel-and-dime poker game. 
 The Guardian 

But there just wasn't any girl in this nickel-and-dime town that even stirred his fancy. 
 Hearts of grey 

I don't want to nickel-and-dime. 
 A colossal failure of common sense: the inside story of the coll... 

It's like a nickel-and-dime business. 
 Getting old is tres dangereux 

Nickel-and-diming these Good Samaritans is just my own personal social safety net. 
 Choke 

The man doesn't know when he's being nickel-and-dimed. 
 Up in the air 

And don't worry about getting nickel-and-dimed here. 
 Ebony 

Political rights notwithstanding, "freedom" rings awfully hollow when you're getting nickel-and-dimed to death in your everyday life. 
 The Guardian 

"A too expensive lawyer at a nickel-and-dime arraignment?" 
 Blind Man's Alley 

"Nickel-and-dime stuff, nothing huge or- 
 Summer knight 

Translations for nickel-and-dime

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Significats de nickel-and-dime en anglès