"Yankee dime" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Yankee dime.ogg Forms: Yankee dimes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Yankee dime (plural Yankee dimes)
  1. (US, idiomatic, slang, American South, sometimes humorous) A kiss. Tags: US, humorous, idiomatic, slang, sometimes
    Sense id: en-Yankee_dime-en-noun-1jfqX9M7 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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