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never-never

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌnever-ˈnever noun  on the never-never British English old-fashioned informalBBTBFL if you buy something on the never-never, you buy it by making small regular payments over a long period 以分期付款方式〔购买〕 SYN on hire purchase
Examples from the Corpus
never-neverMany see their first shooting star, and with that, drift off to never-never land.
ˌnever-ˈnever nounChineseSyllable
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never-never
ˌnever-ˈnever noun
on the never-never British English old-fashioned informal if you buy something on the never-never, you buy it by making small regular payments over a long period
   SYN  on hire purchase