dime novel

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noun

a cheap melodramatic or sensational novel, usually in paperback and selling for ten cents, especially such an adventure novel popular c1850 to c1920.

Origin of dime novel

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Words nearby dime novel

dime, dime a dozen, dime bag, dimelia, dimenhydrinate, dime novel, dimension, dimensional analysis, dimensionless number, dimension lumber, dimension stone

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Example sentences from the Web for dime novel

But nor do they go for the dime-novel fabulism like Lipsyte's Times battery mate Arthur Daley.
On the Peninsula|Bryan Curtis|April 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Asked Vanstruther to go down with me, but one of his dime-novel heroes is ill or something of that sort, and he's off the list.
Cape of Storms|Percival Pollard
"Thank you," returned Average Jones, enormously entertained by the dime-novel setting which his host had provided for him.
Average Jones|Samuel Hopkins Adams
"M'Gibbon's been reading some dime-novel, I suppose," said one club man.
The Wrecker|Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne

"I never read a dime-novel in my life," she interrupted, indignantly.
The Foolish Virgin|Thomas Dixon
We're not here on a joy-ride, Major, so I reckon we'll leave out the dime-novel adventures.
Greenmantle|John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for dime novel

dime novel

noun

US (formerly) a cheap melodramatic novel, usually in paperbackAlso called (esp Brit): penny-dreadful

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单词	dime novel
释义	dime novel SEE SYNONYMS FOR dime novel ON THESAURUS.COM noun a cheap melodramatic or sensational novel, usually in paperback and selling for ten cents, especially such an adventure novel popular c1850 to c1920. Origin of dime novel An Americanism dating back to 1860–65 Words nearby dime novel dime, dime a dozen, dime bag, dimelia, dimenhydrinate, dime novel, dimension, dimensional analysis, dimensionless number, dimension lumber, dimension stone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dime novel But nor do they go for the dime-novel fabulism like Lipsyte's Times battery mate Arthur Daley. On the Peninsula\|Bryan Curtis\|April 25, 2011\|DAILY BEAST Asked Vanstruther to go down with me, but one of his dime-novel heroes is ill or something of that sort, and he's off the list. Cape of Storms\|Percival Pollard "Thank you," returned Average Jones, enormously entertained by the dime-novel setting which his host had provided for him. Average Jones\|Samuel Hopkins Adams "M'Gibbon's been reading some dime-novel, I suppose," said one club man. The Wrecker\|Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne "I never read a dime-novel in my life," she interrupted, indignantly. The Foolish Virgin\|Thomas Dixon We're not here on a joy-ride, Major, so I reckon we'll leave out the dime-novel adventures. Greenmantle\|John Buchan British Dictionary definitions for dime novel dime novel noun US (formerly) a cheap melodramatic novel, usually in paperbackAlso called (esp Brit): penny-dreadful 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 Words related to dime novel penny dreadful
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dime novel

noun

Origin of dime novel

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British Dictionary definitions for dime novel

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