nickel rocket

Term used to describe an individual who takes the cheap way every time.

Did you see the poor quality equipment that bob got? He is such a nickel rocket.

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nickel rocket

Originally, a worn-out, coming-apart, or coverless baseball that was covered heavily with electrician's tape to extend its usefulness. (Early 20th century.)

We often played baseball all afternoon with nothing more than a nickel rocket if nobody could come up with an actual ball.

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Nickel Rocket

Nickel Rocket ni*kel-rock*it noun, verb, -Nickel Rocket·ed, -Nickel Rocket·ing. Informal.

noun 1. a person who is stingy and miserly. reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious.

verb (used without object) 2. to act in a stingy or miserly way. scanty or meager.

1. (noun) Donald Trump bought Ed McMahon's house to save it from foreclosure and then leased it back to him! Ed McMahon is a real nickel rocket!

2. (verb) DC from marketing put me on a southwest flight, he is really nickle rocketing my travel plans.

3. (verb) CC took me to his private golf course on Saturday. He nickel rocketed the driving range golf ball machine by using a fake slug that jammed the ball dispenser.

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Nickel Rocket

Nic-kel Rock-it –adjective, -Nickel Rocket·er, noun, verb, -Nickel Rocket·ed, -Nickel Rocket·ing. Informal.




1. –noun a person who is stingy and miserly. reluctant to give or spend

2. –verb (used without object) to act in a stingy or miserly way. scanty or meager

1. (noun) Donald Trump bought Ed McMahon's house to save it from foreclosure and then leased it back to him! Ed McMahon is a real nickel rocket!

2. (verb) DC from marketing put me on a southwest flight, he is really nickle rocketing my travel plans.

3. (adjective) Clark invited me out to his private golf course, The Nickel Rocketer put in a fake slug and jammed the driving range ball machine.

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