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dime

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dime  (dm)
n.
1. A coin of the United States or Canada worth ten cents.
2. Slang A dime bag.
Idioms:
a dime a dozen
Overly abundant; commonplace.
on a dime
At a precise point; within a narrowly defined area: a sports car that stops on a dime.

[Middle English, tenth part, from Old French disme, from Latin decima (pars), tenth (part), from decem, ten; see dek in Indo-European roots.]

dime [daɪm]
n
1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) a coin of the US and Canada, worth one tenth of a dollar or ten cents
a dime a dozen very cheap or common
[from Old French disme, from Latin decimus tenth, from decem ten]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dimedime - a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
2.dime - street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
deck - street name for a packet of illegal drugs
Translations
dime [daɪm] (US)
A. N (Canada, US) moneda de diez centavos
they're a dime a dozenson muy baratos (fig) → los hay a montones
B. CPD dime novel Nnovelucha f
dime store Ntodo a cien m (Sp) (tienda que vende mercadería barata)

dime [ˈdaɪm] n (US) (= 10 cents) → pièce f de 10 cents
to be a dime a dozen (= very common) → courir les rues >

dime
n (US) → Zehncentstück nt; it’s not worth a dime (inf)das ist keinen (roten) Heller or keine fünf Pfennig wert; they’re a dime a dozen (inf)das ist Dutzendware; dime novelGroschen- or Schundroman m; to drop a dime on somebody (inf)jdn verraten

dime
n dime [daim]
the tenth part of a dollar; 10 cents. tien sent عُشر الدولار монета от 10 цента deseticent, desetník ticentstykke das Zehncentsstück ένα δέκατο του δολαρίου moneda de diez centavos kümnesendine (münt) سکه ده سنتی 10 sentin kolikko (pièce de) dix cents סֶנְט10 डालर का दशमांश kovani novac od 10 centi,jeftini ulični roman tízcentes 10 sen amerísk mynt moneta da dieci centesimi 10セント白銅貨 (10센트) 다임 dešimties centų moneta desmitcentu monēta sekupang 10-centstuk ticent(mynt) moneta dziesięciocentowa tostão monedă de 10 cenţi монета в 10 центов desaťcentová minca, šesták 10 centov (kovanec) novčić od 10 centi tiocentare เหรียญ 10 เซนต์ 10 sent (美國的)十分硬幣 монета в 10 центів دس سینٹ کا سکہ 10 xen


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He scoffed at them as adventures, mountebanks, sideshow riffraff, dime museum freaks; he assailed their showy titles with measureless derision; he said they were back-alley barbers disguised as nobilities, peanut peddlers masquerading as gentlemen, organ-grinders bereft of their brother monkey.
And whilst the nigger stepped to the door to look at the dime and bite it to see if it was good, he whispers to Jim and says:
The school teacher seen a round brown mole the size of a dime on his left leg above his knee, and four little bits of moles around it, when he was naked, and he said it minded him of Jubiter and his moons; and the children thought it was funny, and so they got to calling him Jubiter, and he's Jubiter yet.
 
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