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Definition of Dimes
1. dime [n] - See also: dime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimes
Literary usage of Dimes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections by Phineas Garrett (1904)
"These are the times For a man to look after his dollars and dimes. ... He should
have wed with dollars and dimes." A sickly wife and starving times? ..."
2. An Intermediate Arithmetic: Uniting Mental and Written Exercises in a by Emerson Elbridge White (1898)
"How many dimes in 1 dollar? In 3 dollars? 6 dollars? 4 dollars? 8 dollars? 4.
... How many dimes in 40 cents? In 90 cents? 60 cents? 70 cents? 100 cents? 6. ..."
3. Everyday Arithmetic by Franklin Sherman Hoyt, Harriet E. Peet (1920)
"50 cents = —dimes. How much money have I if I have: 20. 3 dimes and 1 nickel?
27. 1 nickel and 1 dime? 21. 2 dimes and 3 nickels? 28. 1 nickel and 2 dimes? ..."
4. School Arithmetic: Primary Book by John Marvin Colaw, John Kelley Ellwood (1900)
"4 dimes, or cents. Dora had 10 dimes. She spent 4 of them, ... Add: 2 dimes 2Qf
4 dimes 40^ 3 dimes 30^ 4 dimes 40^ 5 dimes 50^ 2 dimes 1 dime ..."
5. Grube's Method of Teaching Arithmetic: Explained and Illustrated, Also the by Levi Seeley, August Wilhelm Grube (1888)
"Reverse the process, subtracting 19 dollars 5 dimes from 102 dollars 9 dimes,
and so on until the first number, 14 dollars 9 dimes, is reached. 3. ..."
6. Grube's Method of Teaching Arithmetic: Explained and Illustrated, Also the by Levi Seeley, August Wilhelm Grube (1888)
"Reverse the process, subtracting 19 dollars 5 dimes from 102 dollars 9 dimes,
and so on until the first number, 14 dollars 9 dimes, is reached. 3. ..."
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