[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dime \dime\ dimacm, n. f. d^ime tithe, of. disme, fr. l.
   decimus the tenth, fr. decem ten. see decimal.
   a silver coin of the united states, of the value of ten
   cents; the tenth of a dollar.
   1913 webster

   dime novel, a novel, commonly sensational and trashy, which
      is sold for a dime, or ten cents; -- they were popular
      from ca. 1850 to ca. 1920. sometimes the term is still
      applied to any novel of the type, though the price has
      greatly increased.
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
decimal dime novel 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dime novel
     n : a melodramatic paperback novel syn: penny dreadful
see also:
penny dreadful 

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Dime Novel Round-Up
...Dime Novel Sketches: Home Series. Investigating a Dime Novel Mystery: ... Dime Novel Sketches: New York Library. Thomas Monstery's Dime Novels ... ..
http://www.readseries.com/dnru.html, score=100, date indexed=January 19, 2006, 9:18 pm

Stanford's Dime Novel Collection
...... such as The Dime Novel Western (1978) and The Dime Novel Detective ( ... Many of the major dime novel collections now in research libraries ... ..
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/collection.html, score=83, date indexed=November 20, 2005, 9:01 pm

CHARLES HUMBERD DIME NOVEL COLLECTION
...... "Dime Novel Club" issued facsimile reprints of early dime novels as ... He was a mail-order customer of dime novel dealers including Brooklyn- ... ..
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/humberd.htm, score=58, date indexed=January 6, 2006, 1:56 pm

Welcome to Dime Novels
...... and includes long runs of the major dime novel series (Frank Leslie's ... You might wish to begin your exploration of Dime Novels by taking one ... ..
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/home.html, score=55, date indexed=November 4, 2005, 4:16 pm

American Women's Dime Novels, 1870-1920
...Dime Novel Cover Gallery. Part of what made dime novels exciting and ... The Dime Novel in American Life by Charles Harvey  The Atlantic ... ..
http://chnm.gmu.edu/dimenovels/, score=53, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 6:28 pm

Dime Novel Cover Art Gallery
...... Novel Cover Art Gallery Welcome to the Street & Smith dime novel cover ... The following images are scanned directly from actual dime novels. ... ..
http://libwww.syr.edu/digital/images/s/StreetAndSmith/covergallery/, score=46, date indexed=November 19, 2005, 1:57 am

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