dime : Idioms & Phrases

• noun street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
  dime.
  

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• noun a melodramatic paperback novel
  penny dreadful.
  

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• a novel, commonly sensational and trashy, which is sold for a dime, or ten cents.

Webster 1913

• verb spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
  penny-pinch.
  
• verb accumulate gradually
  
  • she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family
• adjective satellite of minor importance
  small-time.
  
  • a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room
  • a small-time actor
• adjective satellite low-paying
  
  • a nickel-and-dime job

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• verb make a satisfactory profit
  turn a nice dollar; turn a nice penny.
  
  • The company turned a nice dime after a short time

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• verb have a small turning radius
  
  • My little subcompact car turns on a dime!

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