- wooden nutmeg
- noun
see wooden nickel 2
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wooden nutmeg,1. an imitation nutmeg made of wood, an alleged article of manufacture in Connecticut for export.2. Figurative. something fraudulent.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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