"dime piece" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-dime piece.ogg Forms: dime pieces [plural]
Etymology: Suggesting a score of 10/10 on the informal scale of beauty, since a dime is worth 10 cents. Possibly in imitation of timepiece. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dime piece (plural dime pieces)
  1. (slang) A beautiful woman. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Appearance, People Synonyms: dime, ten, beautiful woman, dimepiece
    Sense id: en-dime_piece-en-noun-eiyYDnZ4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2004, “Girl Like U”performed by Snoop Dogg ft. Nelly:",
          "text": "You're not a dime piece, you're a diva",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 21:",
          "text": "Carmiesha \"Lil' Muddah\" Vernoy had been with me since back in the day. She was more than a dime piece. She was drop-dead gorgeous and had the best pussy in the world.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Tucker, Pat, Daddy's Maybe, Largo, M.D.: Strebor Books, →ISBN, page 188:",
          "text": "\"Don't act like we didn't kick it something fierce back in the day.\" Drew smiled. \"My homies knew what I was working with back then,\" he said. \"It ain't too often a brotha lucks up on a bona-fide dimepiece like you, Lachez.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Keisha Ervin, Cashmere Mafia, →ISBN, page 137:",
          "text": "So tell me sugafoot. Why is a dimepiece like you single?",
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        },
        {
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          "ref": "2012, Tucker, Pat, Daddy's Maybe, Largo, M.D.: Strebor Books, →ISBN, page 188:",
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