Meanings
plural fifty-cent tours · alternative 50 cent tour · alternative 50-cent tour · alternative fifty cent tour
- USderogatoryhumorousidiomaticusuallyA fast and general introduction to a place.
Let me give you the fifty-cent tour of the office.
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Spider then gave me the fifty-cent tour of the facility, showing me all the various departments and telling me their functions.
2001, John Fiduccia, Paranoid, →ISBN, page 291Investigator Bays quickly gave his young rookie the fifty-cent tour of downtown.
2009, Ronald Long, The Demise of a Texas King, →ISBN“Well,” she said boldly, “if you're looking for ways to keep out of the house, I'd be happy to take you on the fifty-cent tour of the island sometime.”
2010, Cynthia Baxter, Summer House, →ISBNSynonyms: ten-cent tour, nickel tour
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fast and general introduction to a place.
Origin
An adaptation of earlier nickel tour accounting for inflation.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
fifty-cent tour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-cent%20tour
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