Joe dropped a dime on Tommy to the police to collect the reward. Joe dimed Tommy.
comes from the days (up until the '70's) when it only cost a dime to use the payphone to make a call - in this case to the police.
comes from the days (up until the '70's) when it only cost a dime to use the payphone to make a call - in this case to the police.
by word cracker001 July 25, 2008
by aphid2 February 13, 2017
We were cruising down Bathurst Street with the stereo dimed, and it was just then that we saw the kitty cat.
by Grosse Douceur September 5, 2006
"I can't remember 1989
I can't remember what you look like
Cause I was dimed
Wasn't the whole world at the time?"
From the Matthew Good Band song Sort Of A Protest Song
I can't remember what you look like
Cause I was dimed
Wasn't the whole world at the time?"
From the Matthew Good Band song Sort Of A Protest Song
by devilonrollerskates November 13, 2005
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by G-MacbookPro_witdaRetinaScreen December 14, 2014
A slang term referring to the 2010s decade. Just like how the 1990s can be shortened to "the nineties", the 2010s can be shortened to "the dimes".
by TypedGraph12 March 30, 2023