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Drop a dime for a nickel

Willing to turn someone in or call the cops even at personal cost.

Derived from 'drop a dime' i.e. 'snitch' combined with 'I would do that for a nickel'
A: "Don't tell him, he'll turn you in"
B: "But wouldn't he get in trouble too?"
A: "He would drop a dime for a nickel"
by TinMoths December 18, 2021
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dimed

Controls set to 10 on a guitar amp or pedal, nothing to do with douchebag Darrell, dime, 10, loud, simple.
I had the Marshall dimed, and it nearly peeled the paint off the walls.
by george f ormby August 15, 2021
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Deputy Dime Piece

A secretary who sleeps their way to a promotion.
When promotion is given this secretary discovers that they are way over their head. They then find the highest ranking subordinate and lures them in with the promise of false love,(no matter if the subordinate has a spouse or not) and pop tarts and famous Amos chocolate chip cookies. The Subordinate likes to tell the DDP that she is the greatest supervisor ever.
Look at that Deputy Dime Piece make the stupidest decisions ever.
by Bamako May 7, 2021
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Dime a dozen

To get high and trip by taking 12 (a dozen) pills of dimenhydrinate. (An anti-emetic/antihistimine drug containing diphenhydramine or Benadryl).
Dude I went dime a dozen last night and a spider crawled out of my shirt and told me when I was going to die.
by Beater Briffin June 19, 2024
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rollin in dimes

Ya boi just got his paycheck. I'm rollin in dimes
by J2thaPC97 December 8, 2015
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dimes

i have no idea but theres two of chinatown / LES where “dimes” is the contemporary friendly haunts.
by @annnnnnnnnnnnr June 30, 2021
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hang on a dime

To have little value
Trump's accomplishments hang on a dime!
by Been there and back October 26, 2017
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