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  • 91Dime defense — In American football, the dime defense is a defensive alignment that uses six defensive backs. It is usually employed in obvious passing situations. The formation usually consists of six defensive backs, and has either four down linemen and one… …

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  • 92dime — UK [daɪm] / US noun [countable] Word forms dime : singular dime plural dimes a coin worth ten cents in the US and Canada I have not taken one dime of his money. • a dime a dozen turn on a dime …

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  • 93dime-dropper — n. an informer. (Underworld. Because an informer at one time could drop a dime in a public telephone and call the police or drop a dime on the sidewalk as a signal for the police to move in and make an arrest. See also drop a dime.) □ I think… …

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  • 94dime bag — noun street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars • Syn: ↑dime • Hypernyms: ↑deck * * * noun see dime II, 1b * * * Slang. a packet containing an amount of an illegal drug selling for ten dollars. Also called dime. * * * …

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  • 95dime-store — adjective Etymology: dime store, noun 1. : inexpensive dime store perfume 2. : tawdry : second rate what we have here is dime store philosophizing Jonatha …

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  • 96dime a dozen — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Easy to get and so of little value; being an everyday thing because there are many of them; common. * /Mr. Jones gives A s to only one or two students, but in Mr. Smith s class, A s are a dime a dozen./ …

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  • 97dime a dozen — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Easy to get and so of little value; being an everyday thing because there are many of them; common. * /Mr. Jones gives A s to only one or two students, but in Mr. Smith s class, A s are a dime a dozen./ …

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  • 98DÎME — s. f. La portion des grains, des vins, des fruits, etc., qui se payait à l Église, ou au seigneur du lieu, et qui en était ordinairement le dixième. Payer la dîme. Lever les dîmes. Il avait la dîme de toutes ces terres là. Affermer les dîmes.… …

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  • 99Dime Western — A Dime Western is a modern term for Western themed dime novels, which spanned the era of the 1860s 1900s. Most would hardly be recognizable as a modern western, having more in common with James Fennimore Cooper s Leatherstocking saga, but many of …

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  • 100Dime Remix — Infobox Single Name = Dime (Remix) (English Translation: Tell Me) Artist = Pitbull featuring Frankie J Ken Y from Album = El Mariel B side = Released = 2007 Format = Recorded = 2006 Genre = Latin rap, Hip hop, R B Length = Label = Writer =… …

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