Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dime"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dime \Dime\, n. [F. d[^i]me tithe, OF. disme, fr. L. decimus the
tenth, fr. decem ten. See {Decimal}.]
A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten
cents; the tenth of a dollar.
{Dime novel}, a novel, commonly sensational and trashy, which
is sold for a dime, or ten cents.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dime
adj : costing 10 dollars; slang for the price of unlawful drugs;
"a dime bag"
n : a US coin worth one tenth of a dollar
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