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dropping a dimeverb
Pre-dates rap: 1960s slang. Calls from a payphone used to cost ten cents - a dime. "To place a telephone call; (specif.) to inform on someone by making a phone call to police." -- "Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, A-G" by J.E. Lighter, Random House, New York, 1994.
dropping a dimeverb
Informing or letting information leak out. "Out to get rich, but I'm no bitch, no need to drop a dime" -- Dayton Family (What's On My Mind II). If a snitch drop dime on my crimes I'ma have to park at Rally, Run up and spark his family -- Pacewon (Sunroof Top).
dropping a dimeverb
Sometimes used in a "double-meaning" punchline. I dropped a few nickels but I don't drop dimes. -- Andre Nickatina (Bay Area 415)
dropping a dimeverb
Making assists on the basketball court, (dropping dimes). Iverson be dropping dimes about 9 to 10 times a night. Did you see that dunkadelic reverse slam on Shaq, AI was dropping dimes to Webber all night long.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dropping a dime in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dropping a dime in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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