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Penny vs Dime - What's the difference?

penny | dime |

In lang=en terms the difference between penny and dime

is that penny is to jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door while dime is a beautiful woman (10 from the 10-point scale.

penny

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (lb) In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d.
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  • *:Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
  • In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling.
  • (lb) In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
  • In the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: .
  • In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.
  • A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
  • Money in general.
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  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:What penny hath Rome borne, / What men provided, what munition sent?

    • Usage notes

    The plural is used for other cases, in particular when referring to multiple individual coins.

    Synonyms

    * old penny * new penny (old-fashioned ) * (one-cent coin) cent

    Derived terms

    * a bad penny always turns up * bad penny * eightpenny nail * fourpenny nail * * pence * penniless * penny ante * penny arcade * penny dreadful * penny-farthing * penny for one's thoughts * penny pincher * penny wedding * penny whistle * pretty penny * sixpenny nail * tenpenny nail * watch the pennies

    Verb

  • (slang) To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
    • Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.
  • (electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.

    • See also

    * d * the penny drops English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    dime

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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
    • Are you traveling on the company's dime ?
  • (slang) A beautiful woman (10 from the 10-point scale)
    • She's a dime piece.
    Synonyms
    * (coin) ten cent piece (Used in other countries with dollars and cents currencies) * (thousand dollars) grand
    Derived 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 * quarter
    References
    * 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 10¢ in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s.

    Verb

    (dim)
  • To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
    • Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.
    Synonyms
    * (inform on) drop a dime on,

    Anagrams

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