nickel bag

Five-dollar purchase

A nickel bag is a small quantity of an illegal drug, typically marijuana, sold for five dollars.

The term dates from when five dollars bought a usable amount; inflation has made the quantity variable, but the name persists.

He scored a nickel bag from the guy on the corner.

cannabis

weed

Uninvited plant

herb · reefer · chronic · kush · bud · nuggets · dank · loud · mids · schwag

quantity

five dollars

Single-digit currency amount

starter · sample · taste · pinch · bit · minimum · entry-level

slang

dime

U.S. ten-cent coin

half · zip · ounce · sack · score · stash · pickup · deal · buy · spot

Categories
Opposites
quantity/volume of drugs

nickel bagkilo

Thousand-unit prefix

brick · pound · key · ounce · weight

transaction scale

nickel bagwholesale

Bulk sales to merchants

front · consignment · personal use

Family

nickel, bag, nickels, bags, bagged, bagging, baggy, baggage

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Negative · Rated PG-13