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Meanings of dime (dimes) in English

Russian
дайм
Spanish
dime
Catalan
dime
Wikidata

United States coin with the value of ten cents.

дайм

Street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars.

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Examples for "us dime"
Examples for "us dime"
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In the United States , DIME is also being used for active defense systems to shoot down rocket-propelled grenades and other incoming threats.
Wired

A South Omotic language spoken in the northern part of the Selamago district in Ethiopia.

Usage of dimes in English
1
Truckers make good money; they're not interested in stealing dimes or quarters.
The bourne ultimatum
2
I frequently miss dimes and quarters from my change purse... View Article
The new yorker
3
The seeing the dimes smoothed him down into the most agreeable amiability.
The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth
4
His money always came in pennies and nickels and dimes and quarters.
Our Holidays / Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nichola...
5
I still think in terms of 1939 quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.
The new yorker
6
He won 20 dimes and after putting back four, won the jackpot.
The new yorker
7
He laughed temperately, doing this, and walked on, sprinkling bright dimes everywhere.
The Martian Chronicles
8
Five cent pieces, two bit pieces, half dollar bills and half dimes.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
9
Install turnstiles which have two slots-one for nickels, the other for dimes.
The new yorker
10
American dimes are therefore adaptations as money, and exaptations as screwdrivers.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
11
In opening it to put in the dimes, something fell to the floor.
Arms and the Woman
12
He saved dimes in a codfish box with a slot in the cover.
The Biography of a Rabbit
13
And the boards were an inch deep in nickels and dimes and quarters.
Rolling Stones
14
She shoved two tickets through the window in exchange for dimes.
The Big-Town Round-Up
15
It's just that I don't have the necessary quarters and dimes.
The Young Lions
16
He said, The dimes are in a box of games in the garage?
The burglar who traded ted williams
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Russian
дайм
Catalan
dime
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Dimes across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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