tin handshake

tin handshake
   a derisory payment on dismissal from employment
   He who leaves would prefer it to be golden:
    He's sacked, given a tin handshake and left to rot. (Allbeury, 1981)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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