Dame vs Dime - What's the difference?
dame | dime |
(British) The .
(dated, informal, slightly, derogatory, US) A woman.
* 1949 , (Oscar Hammerstein II), "(There is Nothing Like a Dame)",
A traditional character in British pantomime, a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
(archaic) , woman.
(US) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar. The physical coin is smaller than a penny.
(Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
(US, basketball) An assist
(slang) A playing card with the rank of ten
(slang) Ten dollars
(slang) A thousand dollars
(slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
(slang) Payment responsibility
(slang) A beautiful woman (10 from the 10-point scale)
To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
As a verb dame
is .As a noun dime is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- Dame Edith Sitwell
- There ain't nothin' like a dame'! / Nothin' in the world! / There is nothin' you can name / That is anythin' like a ' dame !
Synonyms
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* * * * Regional English ----dime
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- Are you traveling on the company's dime ?
- She's a dime piece.
Synonyms
* (coin) ten cent piece (Used in other countries with dollars and cents currencies) * (thousand dollars) grandDerived terms
* a dime's worth * dime bag * dime store * drop a dime * not worth a dime * stop on a dime * turn on a dime * * nickel and dime * dime a dozen * not worth a dime * *See also
* buck * dollar * mill * nickel * quarterReferences
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Etymology 2
From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10ยข in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s.Verb
(dim)- Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.
