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noun a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
Slang . ten dollars. a 10-year prison sentence. dime bag. Idioms for dimea dime a dozen , Informal . so abundant that the value has decreased; readily available.
Origin of dime 1350–1400; Middle English <Anglo-French, Old French di (s )me <Latin decima tenth part, tithe, noun use of feminine of decimus tenth, derivative of decem ten
Words nearby dime dim, DiMaggio, Dimashq, Dimbleby, dimbulb, dime , dime a dozen, dime bag, dimelia, dimenhydrinate, dime novel
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Example sentences from the Web for dime Antoine himself had recently been arrested on a six-year-old warrant for a dime bag of weed.
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In a country where talk is “cheap” and opinions are “a dime a dozen,” we give the facts special privileges and special status.
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He spun three times, stopped on a dime , and flashed the familiar “jazz hands” pose before walking away.
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We've turned on the dime in terms of our expectation for them.
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The first movie—3:10 to Yuma—starred Glenn Ford and came from a 1953 story that had appeared in Dime Western.
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The landlord took every dime I made last night, for rent this morning.
The Forged Note | Oscar Micheaux
If you guess you're looking for gold, it's a thousand dollars to a dime you find coal, or drown yourself in a 'gush' of oil.
The Triumph of John Kars | Ridgwell Cullum
"Very good; you may live, providing you come out immediately and give me a dime to buy some butter-scotch," returned the voice.
Six Girls | Fannie Belle Irving
Do you think it would be very extravagant if I spent a dime in market for flowers?
The Carter Girls | Nell Speed
The moral standards of the dime novel are always of the highest.
Recollections of a Varied Life | George Cary Eggleston
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British Dictionary definitions for dime noun a coin of the US and Canada, worth one tenth of a dollar or ten cents
a dime a dozen very cheap or common
Word Origin for dime C14: from Old French disme, from Latin decimus tenth, from decem ten
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Idioms and Phrases with dime In addition to the idiom beginning with dime
also see:
drop a dime get off the dime not worth a dime on a dime.
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