"dime dropper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dime droppers [plural]
Etymology: From the idea of dropping a dime (coin) into a payphone to make a call. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dime dropper (plural dime droppers)
  1. (US, slang) A snitch or informer. Tags: US, slang Synonyms: dime-dropper Related terms: drop a dime
    Sense id: en-dime_dropper-en-noun-~G8EyzOc Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2005, Richard F. Miller, A Carrier at War: On Board the USS Kitty Hawk in the Iraq War:",
          "text": "Although this story predated the Kunkle episode, something told me that with dime-droppers afoot, both men and women naturally become more cautious. After all, informality could be misinterpreted, and as the Navy puts it, discovery in these cases is a \"career ender.\"",
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          "ref": "2016, Jermar Jerome Smith, Shawty:",
          "text": "All those submitted complaint forms from the snitches, rats, and dime droppers about us \"The Cash Bunch \" and our ruling profitable empire, marking us as nigger misfits, drug smuggling monkeys tarnishing the prestige omega oasis of Wilhelm Prep and what have you.",
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