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that and a nickel will get you on the subway en · X

Meanings

  1. (US, humorous, informal) Synonym of that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee.
    • "Well, damn it. I am the president. Doesn't that mean anything to him?" "Arbo's smart-ass answer to that would be, 'That and fifty cents will get you on the subway.'" 2011, Nick Arbuiso, The Day the Money Stopped, page 60:
    • She's got love in her heart for Dennis Monahan, and that and a nickel gets a ride on the subway. 1961, Prize Stories, page 159:

Synonyms

that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee