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dime
[ dahym ]
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
/ daɪm /
noun
- a coin of the US and Canada, worth one tenth of a dollar or ten cents
- a dime a dozenvery cheap or common
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of dime1
Idioms and Phrases
- a dime a dozen, Informal. so abundant that the value has decreased; readily available.
More idioms and phrases containing 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 .Example Sentences
He’d even gone as far as installing protective gates on his own dime.
Add in a little negotiation, and you’ll ensure you never waste a dime.
Additionally, if the tax increase did lead to a significant increase in electric vehicle purchases, SANDAG would have done a great deal to reduce carbon emissions without spending a dime.
Unlike calling the SEC, however, that won’t earn them a dime.
The artist never sees a dime from that, relying instead on the value of future releases to pay dividends on the work.
Antoine himself had recently been arrested on a six-year-old warrant for a dime bag of weed.
In a country where talk is “cheap” and opinions are “a dime a dozen,” we give the facts special privileges and special status.
God help us, it all took place on our taxpayer dime, all in the name of defending the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.
I pressed the dime-sized rubber button on my vest, which was linked to my radio.
He spun three times, stopped on a dime, and flashed the familiar “jazz hands” pose before walking away.
They ran a dime apiece up into multi-millions without batting their eye-lashes.
An itching red spot about the size of a dime was noticed in thirty-six hours, and it steadily increased in size.
Some day New York will find out that 'the finest police force in the world' is the biggest sham outside the dime museum.
"Thank you," returned Average Jones, enormously entertained by the dime-novel setting which his host had provided for him.
"Old Bishop Berkeley would give a nonexistent dime to your nonexistent presence," Anders said gaily.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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