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Dime Novel
see synonyms of dime novelNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Dime Novel
see synonyms of dime novelnoun
US
(formerly) a cheap melodramatic novel, usually in paperback
. Also called (esp Brit): penny-dreadfulCollins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Dime Novel
see synonyms of dime novel a hack paperback novel of a type popular in the later 19th and early 20th cent., usually sensational or melodramatic and originally costing a dime
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Dime Novel
see synonyms of dime noveln.
A melodramatic novel of romance or adventure, usually in paperback.
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