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- noun Plural form of
dime .
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Examples
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Just a simple quarter, two thin dimes and a nickel and you can know the secrets of the universe!
Think Progress » Palin’s talk show debut garners weak reviews, lower-than-expected ratings. 2010
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Just a simple quarter, two thin dimes and a nickel and you can know the secrets of the universe!
Think Progress » Palin’s talk show debut garners weak reviews, lower-than-expected ratings. 2010
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Evidently I needed the caffeine because even though I was well aware of the day being Dr. King's holiday, I kept trying to feed $1.50 in dimes to the pay station and could not understand why it would not take my money.
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Evidently I needed the caffeine because even though I was well aware of the day being Dr. King's holiday, I kept trying to feed $1.50 in dimes to the pay station and could not understand why it would not take my money.
Seattle Bon Vivant: 2006
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Evidently I needed the caffeine because even though I was well aware of the day being Dr. King's holiday, I kept trying to feed $1.50 in dimes to the pay station and could not understand why it would not take my money.
Moblog 2006
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Evidently I needed the caffeine because even though I was well aware of the day being Dr. King's holiday, I kept trying to feed $1.50 in dimes to the pay station and could not understand why it would not take my money.
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He donned a hot-pink wig and matching tutu, carried a wand, and began each shift with $40 in dimes.
Scheming Homeless, Parking Mafia, and Meter Fairy: Just Another Day in Miami's Parking Hell 2009
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Whenever you have a quarter, go to the post-office and buy five cents worth of postage-stamps; you will receive in change two dimes, that is, two short bits.
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What would have happened if these traditional media companies had the perseverance to evolve properly equipped to turn their digital "dimes" into "dollars" during the years since the Internet bubble burst?
Invision - Cross-Platform: Complex But Inevitable - Michael Stoeckel - MediaBizBlogger 2009
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Mayne Reid, one of the heroes of that conflict, began his tales of the Southwest -- Rifle Rangers, Scalp Hunters, Captain of the Rifles, and the rest of them, -- some of which told of bloody deeds along the Santa Fe trail, and a few of which were reprinted among Beadle and Adams's "dimes" and "half-dimes."
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