on a dime

  • 111dime store — or[five and dime] or[five and ten] {n. phr.} A store that sells things that cost little. * /Charles bought a pencil at the five and dime./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 112dime store — or[five and dime] or[five and ten] {n. phr.} A store that sells things that cost little. * /Charles bought a pencil at the five and dime./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 113dime — noun Etymology: Middle English, tenth part, tithe, from Anglo French disme, dime, from Latin decima, from feminine of decimus tenth, from decem ten more at ten Date: 1786 1. a. a coin of the United States worth 1/10 dollar b. a petty sum of money …

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  • 114dime-store — adjective Date: 1938 1. inexpensive < dime store perfume > 2. tawdry, second rate < dime store philosophy > …

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  • 115Dime Tabernacle — Part of a series on Seventh day Adventism Background …

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  • 116dime — /duym/, n. 1. a cupronickel clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents. 2. Slang. a. ten dollars. b. a 10 year prison sentence. c. See dime bag. 3. a dime a dozen, Informal. so abundant that the value has&#8230; …

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  • 117dime novel — a cheap melodramatic or sensational novel, usually in paperback and selling for ten cents, esp. such an adventure novel popular c1850 to c1920. [1860 65, Amer.] * * * ▪ literature       a type of inexpensive, usually paperback, melodramatic novel …

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  • 118dime a dozen — adjective So common as to be practically worthless. People with your skills are a dime a dozen these days. Syn: ten a penny See Also: dime, dozen …

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  • 119Dîme — nf impôt du dixième de la récolte fr. Var.: deime anc. franc comtois, déime occitan, deume anc. landais, dême Bresse, desmau anc. béarnais; dérivés. : desmier, dîmier, deimié : dîmeur occitan; grange dîmeresse : grange destinée aux grains livrés&#8230; …

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  • 120dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres — tu entorno social te define; por sus juntas se sabe qué tipo de persona es; el tipo de amigos habla de la clase de persona que se es; cf. del tal palo tal astilla, hijo de tigre tenía que salir rayado; oye, la Mireya andaba con unos sujetos&#8230; …

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