| n. | 1. | A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar.
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| Noun | 1. | dime - a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar |
| 2. | dime - street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars Synonyms: dime bag |
DIME, money. A silver coin of the United States, of the value of one-tenth
part of a dollar or ten cents.
2. It weighs forty-one and a quarter grains. Of one thousand parts,
nine hundred are of pure silver and one hundred of alloy. Act of January 18,
1837, s. 8 and 9, 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story's L. U. S. 2523-4.
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