meig n.
(US) a nickel, a five-cent coin.
![]() | Vocab. Criminal Sl. 57: meig [...] A nickel; a five-cent piece. | |
![]() | Amer. Tramp and Und. Sl. 128: Meig.– A five cent piece; also one cent when found in the plural, as ‘fifty meigs’ for fifty cents. | |
![]() | World’s Toughest Prison 808: meig – A five-cent piece; also, one cent when found in the plural, as ‘fifty meigs’. |