not worth a plug nickel

== English == === Alternative forms === not worth a plugged nickel === Pronunciation === === Adjective === not worth a plug nickel (chiefly US, idiomatic) Having no or almost no value; worthless. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:worthless 1975 Sep. 25, Vincent Canby, "Redford a CIA Eccentric in Three Days of Condor" (film review), New York Times, p. 60: 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. ==== Usage notes ==== Of the alternative forms of this idiom, "not worth a plugged nickel" has a longer usage history than "not worth a plug nickel." ==== Synonyms ==== not worth a brass farthing ==== Related terms ==== don't take any wooden nickels plug nickel / plugged nickel