"throw nickels around like manhole covers" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-throw nickels around like manhole covers.wav Forms: throws nickels around like manhole covers [present, singular, third-person], throwing nickels around like manhole covers [participle, present], threw nickels around like manhole covers [past], thrown nickels around like manhole covers [participle, past]
Etymology: See throw money around. A manhole cover is large, heavy, and not easily thrown. Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> nickels around like manhole covers}} throw nickels around like manhole covers (third-person singular simple present throws nickels around like manhole covers, present participle throwing nickels around like manhole covers, simple past threw nickels around like manhole covers, past participle thrown nickels around like manhole covers)
  1. (Canada, US, colloquial, humorous) To be very stingy; to be reluctant to part with money. Tags: Canada, US, colloquial, humorous
    Sense id: en-throw_nickels_around_like_manhole_covers-en-verb-vAldBd6- Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "To be very stingy; to be reluctant to part with money."
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        "(Canada, US, colloquial, humorous) To be very stingy; to be reluctant to part with money."
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        "To be very stingy; to be reluctant to part with money."
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