"nickel tour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nickel tours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nickel tour (plural nickel tours)
  1. (US, idiomatic, derogatory, dated) Synonym of fifty-cent tour. Tags: US, dated, derogatory, idiomatic Categories (topical): Five Synonyms: fifty-cent tour [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-nickel_tour-en-noun-R4jYKD4f Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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