See double-nickel on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2015 January 29, Matt Moore, “Five-Star Review: Kyrie Irving's double-nickel night”, in CBSSports:",
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"ref": "2013, Stephen King, Doctor Sleep, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, chapter 2, section 3, page 91:",
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