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dime's worth

dime's worth noun: an insignificant amount.

Noun

dime's worth (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) An insignificant amount
    • Why is he here? Nothing will change. At best, he'll make a dime's worth of difference.
    • But why, he asks, should a similarly rapt and adoring crowd bank up before a lighted wall niche containing nothing but a dime's worth of daffodils and a couple of sprays of forsythia in a blue dish?1941, L.H. Robbins, The New York Times

Origin of dime's worth

Derived from not worth a dime.

Questions about dime's worth

What does dime's worth mean?
Dime's worth means an insignificant amount.
What part of speech is dime's worth?
Dime's worth is a noun.

Words near dime's worth in the dictionary

  1. dime out
  2. dime piece
  3. dime pieces
  4. dime store
  5. dime stores
  6. dime's worth
  7. dime-a-dozen
  8. dime-bag
  9. dime-bags
  10. dime-dropper
  11. dime-droppers

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