that and a nickel will get you on the subway

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that and a nickel will get you on the subway

  1. (US, informal, humorous) Synonym of that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee
    • 1961, Prize Stories, page 159:
      She's got love in her heart for Dennis Monahan, and that and a nickel gets a ride on the subway.
    • 2011, Nick Arbuiso, The Day the Money Stopped, page 60:
      "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.'"

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