Idiom Breakdown

not worth a plug nickel

US American English

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Definition

Having no or almost no value; worthless.

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In Context

"In the screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and David Rayfiel, Turner very early on stumbles upon the existence of a kind of super-C.I.A. within the C.I.A., after which his life is not worth a plug nickel."

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Also Said As

for the birds
good-for-naught
good-for-nothing
not worth a damn
not worth a dime
not worth a plug nickel
not worth a brass farthing
not worth a cent
not worth a cress
not worth a curse
not worth a Continental
not worth a farthing
not worth a nickel
not worth a penny
not worth salt
not worth a whistle
of no value
otiose
valueless
null
worthless
worth nothing
wutless
not worth a brass farthing

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See Also

don't take any wooden nickels
plug nickel
plugged nickel