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dimeless

dimeless adjective: without a dime; broke.

Adjective

dimeless (not comparable)

  1. (US) Without a dime; broke.
    • A bunch of dimeless promoters and sponges have been buzzing around him, the kind who can smell a sucker faster than a buzzard can sight a corpse.1975, Donald H. Dunn, Ponzi!: The Boston swindler
    • Since my friends and I were usually dimeless, we had to choose between climbing the pool fence, hopping the subway turnstile, jumping off one of the docks...2000, Herbert Grossman, Emotional and behavioral problems in the classroom: a memoir

Origin of dimeless

From dime + -less.

Questions about dimeless

What does dimeless mean?
Dimeless means without a dime; broke.
What part of speech is dimeless?
Dimeless is an adjective.

Words near dimeless in the dictionary

  1. dimefline
  2. dimefox
  3. dimeglumin
  4. dimeglumine
  5. dimelazine
  6. dimeless
  7. dimelike
  8. dimemorfan
  9. dimenhydrinate
  10. dimenhydrinates
  11. dimenoxadol

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