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fifty-cent tour en · NOUN

Etymology

An adaptation of earlier nickel tour accounting for inflation.

Meanings

1. (US, derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, usually) A fast and general introduction to a place.
   • Investigator Bays quickly gave his young rookie the fifty-cent tour of downtown. 2009, Ronald Long, The Demise of a Texas King, →ISBN:
   • Let me give you the fifty-cent tour of the office.
   • Spider then gave me the fifty-cent tour of the facility, showing me all the various departments and telling me their functions. 2001, John Fiduccia, Paranoid, →ISBN, page 291:
   • “Well,” she said boldly, “if you're looking for ways to keep out of the house, I'd be happy to take you on the fifty-cent tour of the island sometime.” 2010, Cynthia Baxter, Summer House, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

nickel tour · ten-cent tour