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Meaning of dime museum

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

dime

Pronunciation:/daɪm/

noun

Definitions

  1. A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.

  2. A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.

  3. A small amount of money

    Example: She didn't spend a dime.

  4. An assist

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dime

dime

Pronunciation:/daɪm/

verb

Definitions

  1. (with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.

    Example: Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.

  2. To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).

    Example: I get the best-sounding sustain and smooth harmonic distortion when I run the amp dimed.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dime

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