单词 | dime novel |
释义 | dime novel (once / 34763 pages) n WORD FAMILY dime novel: dime novels USAGE EXAMPLESFor fun: A late-19th-century dime novel offers advice on when not to marry. Slate(Jul 15, 2016) This vision found support in movies such as “Winchester ’73” and “Colt .45,” which lionized firearms much as the dime novels of the 1800s did. Washington Post(Apr 07, 2016) Sickles began committing crimes in his teens and read dime novels describing the exploits of outlaws of the day. Washington Times(Feb 06, 2016) n a melodramatic paperback novel Syn|Hyper penny dreadful novel an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story |
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