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Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...
[1] [2] [3] In 1983, Watson and Wall cofounded Drop-a-Dime, an anti-crime organization which operated a hotline through which tips were confidentially passed from citizens to Boston police and federal agencies. [1] [2] [3] The name was a reference to dropping a dime, slang for putting a coin into a payphone to inform police of a crime. [2]
Dime Store: From 5 & dime [8] Homosexual: A gay reference, as you cannot make a straight with a ten and a five in your hand. Five and Dime [48] From nickname "Dimes" as a dime is a United States coin worth 10 cents. A Five and Dime is a type of variety store. Merfs: A draw poker game where tens and fives are wild [30] Woolworths: The Five and ...
Five-and-dime, dime store, a store selling cheap merchandise; a dime a dozen, so abundant as to be worth little (UK: ten a penny); on a dime, in a small space ("turn on a dime", UK: turn on a sixpence) or immediately ("stop on a dime", UK: stop on a sixpence); nickel-and-dime, originally an adjective meaning "involving small amounts of money ...
This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy ...
However, a proof dime of the highest quality (a MS 70 grade) from this year made from copper and nickel sold for $8,400 in 2008. 5. 1975 No-S Roosevelt Dime The 1975 No-S proof Roosevelt dime is ...
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
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