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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dime novel
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dime n.  A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar.
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 dime novel
      n : a melodramatic paperback novel [syn: penny dreadful]