Synonyms for nickel
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : nik-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɪk əl |
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Définition of nickel
Origin :- whitish metal element, 1755, coined in 1754 by Swedish mineralogist Axel von Cronstedt (1722-1765) from shortening of Swedish kopparnickel "copper-colored ore" (from which it was first obtained), a half-translation of German Kupfernickel, literally "copper demon," from Kupfer (see copper) + Nickel "demon, goblin, rascal" (a pet form of masc. proper name Nikolaus, cf. English Old Nick "the devil;" see Nicholas); the ore so called by miners because it looked like copper but yielded none.
- Meaning "coin made partly of nickel" is from 1857, when the U.S. introduced one-cent coins made of nickel to replace the old bulky copper pennies. Application to five-cent piece (originally one part nickel, three parts copper) is from 1883, American English; in earlier circulation there were silver half-dimes. To nickel-and-dime (someone) is from 1964 (nickels and dimes "very small amounts of money" is attested from 1893).
- As in change : noun smaller currency in exchange for larger
- As in plate : verb coat with metallic material
- So I bought this nickel one, an' carted t'other off into the attic. '
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Five cents, a nickel, a half-a-dime, the twentiethpotofadollah!
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- "Some greeny that wants a nickel's worth of beans, I suppose," said one.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- The driver meanwhile searched his pockets in vain for a nickel.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 » by Various
- When he came back she slipped a nickel upon the arm of his chair.
- Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
- Much iron, steel, copper, brass and nickel are used in our homes.
- Extract from : « Where We Live » by Emilie Van Beil Jacobs
- At that time, the presence of nickel was the "positive" test of meteoritic matter.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- For these reasons, nickel or gold plating is much to be preferred.
- Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
- "Here is your money," answered Dick, and passed the nickel over.
- Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle » by Edward Stratemeyer (AKA Arthur M. Winfield)
- So I bought this nickel one, an' carted t' other off into the attic. '
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
Antonyms for nickel
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