dime

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  1. noun A coin of the United States or Canada worth ten cents.
  2. noun Slang A dime bag.
  3. idiom a dime a dozen Overly abundant; commonplace.
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  • Each event had been a spin of the dime, and while that dime was still in air, and the public held its breath, a little girl had gotten well, somehow, and a dog had escaped from a cave, somehow, and a 64 to 1 shot had developed whatever short-lived properties of physique and temperament are necessary to make long shots win. —  SEPTEMBER, 1953 Vol
  • Cross country doesn't earn a dime, which is why it's always been run by an assistant basketball coach as a conditioning camp for ballplayers. —  EQMM,July2008
  • I have sold many bouquets for a dime, and very beautiful ones for fifteen and twenty cents, that would sell in the north for fifty to seventy-five cents THE FRUIT ORCHARD. —  Thirty Years a Slave
  • If she had a dime, and you needed it, she would give you the whole thing. —  Sand Mountain Reporter: News
  • His family won a substantial award, but not a dime has been paid by either Ricketson or the hospital. —  Starbulletin Headlines
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  1. Middle English, tenth part, from Old French disme, from Latin decima (pars), tenth (part), from decem, ten; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also, as a historical term (def. I., 1), disme; from Middle English dyme, disme, tithe, from Old French disme, French dime, tithe, tenth, = Provencal desme, deime, from Latin decimus, tenth, from decem=English ten: see decimal.
 

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